Kenyans suffer huge ID card backlog as court verdict on Maisha Namba rollout awaited

There is said to be a national ID card issuance crisis in Kenya since the close of last year when a Nairobi High Court put the brakes on a government plan to roll out a new digital ID project.

Some Kenyan media report that since the plan to begin issuing the digital ID known as Maisha Namba was halted, thousands of citizens in the East African country have been unable to get the ID cards they applied for. About 10,000 …

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