National Integrated Identity Management System has been challenged in court by Kenya Human Rights Commission. The project kicked of on Monday in Nyandarua County and will further be conducted in 15 counties which are; Nairobi, Makueni, Uasin Gishu, Embu, Busia, Kajiado, Baringo, Marsabit, Kilifi, Tana River, Kisumu and Wajir.
Kenyans are suppose to be registered for them to access government services failure to register one will not access any of the government service.
Kenya Human Rights Commission questioned the legality of NIIMS; ” NIIMS was sneaked in through miscellaneous Amendment Act 2018 that made a major amendment to the Registraton of Person Act, inserting a statement that provides the legal basis for the project. Miscellaneous Amendments do not give room for facilitating public involvement. NIIMS will have a substantial effect on individuals once implemented, hence ought to have been subjected to public participation.”
Some of the Kenyans are also not comfortable with NIIMS for they feel like its associated with the beast number 666.
NIIMS was sneaked in through Miscellaneous Amendment Act 2018 that made a major amendment to the Registration of Person Act, inserting a statement that provides the legal basis for the project,†the statement reads in part.
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