(PICTURES) Kenyans Flood Huduma Namba Centers as Deadline Beckons

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Have you registered for Huduma Namba? If the answer is no, then you could be the only one remaining in your gang of #ResistHudumaNamba. Interior CS Fred Matiang’i said that 31 million Kenyans had registered by close of business on Sunday 12th May and the number could go higher this week.

 

Pictures shared on social meImagedia show Kenyans flooding the registration centers in the last week of registration. Matiang’i said that the mass registration will not be extended beyond 18th of May.

And it seems Kenyans do not want to be left out of the controversial NIIM system as they flocked the centers on Tuesday morning.

On Monday Matiang’i said that even though the government is not forcing anyone to register for Huduma Namba, those without the number might miss out on government services because they might have issues with tracing things such as physical documents.

The threats about missing out on government services is believed to be the big reason why Kenyans are registering despite a court order which said that Huduma Namba is not a must and that nobody should be denied services on the basis of the number.

Most Kenyans do not understand why they have to register for Huduma Namba. The govt has also failed to provide information about the same with senior govt officials choosing to tell Kenyans that it will improve government services, which are not there in the first place.

No politician has come out to publicly oppose the Huduma Namba, with President Kenyatta having intelligently roped in opposition leaders Raila, Kalonzo, Wetangula and Mudavadi during the launch of the project. DP William Ruto has however been on the sideline.

Some Kenyans have also questioned the essence of the Huduma Namba registration which is being done at a cost of 6 billion and the Census which will be conducted later this year at a cost of 18 billion. It seems it is almost the same thing.

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