Photos of Uhuru in Machakos for the Huduma Namba launch

President Uhuru Kenyatta is at the Masii Public Grounds in Machakos county for the official launch of the National Integrated Identity Management System (Huduma Namba) registration exercise.

Plans are going ahead after a court yesterday declined to stop the registration and ruled that the state could proceed with Huduma Namba and biometrics collection. The case will be mentioned on April 30.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has dispatched Raila Odinga and other high-profile personalities to oversee the controversial Huduma Namba launch.

The exercise starts today and ends on April 16.

No one will be forced to register in the system as a condition for receiving citizen services and facilities.

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Kenya Human Rights Commission and Nubian Rights Forum had moved to court seeking the suspension of collection of data from Kenyans under NIIMS.

Critics call it an intolerable invasion of privacy

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