Why Speaker Muturi launched Huduma Namba registration in Ukraine

As the dead line of Huduma Namba registration draws closer, the exercise as crossed border after National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi was in Kyiv, Ukraine,to launch Huduma Namba registration for Kenyans living in the country.

During the launch,Muturi also urged to make it easier for Kenyans in the diaspora to register for Huduma Namba and e-passports.

Muturi  went ahead to speak  on the hardships that Kenyans in the diaspora are going through to access the registration centers in embassies and consulates.

He went on to assure the Kenyans that Immigration PS Gordon Kihalangwa had informed him that the government has set up mechanisms to expedite the process before the set deadlines.

” I spoke to PS Kihalangwa last evening when I saw the list of the six stations that are currently registering Kenyans abroad, and he has assured me that they are scaling up efforts to reach out to as many of you as possible,” Muturi added.

This was an initiative by the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government in a bid to make it easier for Kenyans in the diaspora to acquire e-passports.

The speaker expressed his concerns over the fact that most of the students on scholarship abroad might end-up with invalid visas when the deadline for the e-passports lapses on September 1.

Muturi and his delegation promised to follow up the raised concerns with the relevant government authorities.

Few days ago, Interior CS Fred Matiang’i announced that the deadline for diaspora was June 20.
The government is targeting to register an additional 9 million by the Saturday deadline, however the  exercise will not be extended past the current deadline of 18th May.

 

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