Mohammed Ali Ramadhan, 22, is bitter man.
For the last four years, he has been unsuccessful in his bid for registration as a Kenyan citizen.
Since he attained the age of 18, he has applied for the national identity card on several occasions; all in vain.
Mr Ramadhan was born and brought up in Majengo in Nanyuki, a cosmopolitan town. He feels he is not appreciated as a Kenyan.
Officials at the National Registration Bureau have declined to register him as a Kenyan.
"I applied for an ID but I was subjected to multiple vetting. I was being told to move from one chief to the other until I was interviewed in a panel that finally ruled I should be bequeathed with the document," he said.
But since last year when his application was accepted, Ramadhan has not received the card from the national bureau.
"I wonder whether they could have changed their mind," he said as doubt lingered on whether he would ever be registered as a Kenyan.
Ramadhan and other members of Borana and Somali communities have been facing challenges when applying for IDs.
"When I applied for the first time, registration officers told me they cannot be sure whether I am Kenyan or not. Some even go as far as calling us Al Shabaab, and this haunts us. Some of us have even abandoned the quest for an identity card," he said.
At the moment, Ramadhan is still holding his interim identity card, which is not recognised in various Government and State-related transactions.
"We have been suffering since you cannot enroll in a college or university, neither can you get a house to rent or even be employed anywhere. We are Kenyans and the Government should know that we are suffering," said Ramadhan, a boda boda rider.
And in South Africa estate, also within Majengo, Phauzia Nduku said she was born in Makutano, Mwea in Kirinyaga County 25 years ago but to date has not obtained an identification card.
She has on several occasions applied for the document, but all in vain since the registration bureau officers have always demanded that she produces her late mother's ID card, which she does not have.
"My mother passed on many years ago and I don't know who my father is. I feel I am not Kenyan since without an ID card, I cannot access various important services," said Ms Nduku.
Nduku said she applied for an ID card at Laikipia East registration bureau in Nanyuki once and was referred to Makutano, her birth place.
Although she faced some financial constraints, she was optimistic that once she gets fare she would go back to her current home a happy woman, armed with an interim ID card.
"But when I went to Makutano, I was ordered to produce my mother's ID card which I did not have," she said.
She started another long process of tracing her relatives to see whether she would get the document or any other Government document belonging to her late mother, and which would be helpful in her registration bid.
This did not materialise and she was forced to go back to Makutano to convince the registration officers, but it never worked.
"Later on, I decided to approach Makutano chief to help me get documents to prove I am Kenyan. It never worked, and I decided to drop the bid. I was chasing a wild goose," she said.
She retreated back to Nanyuki town where once again she applied for the document, but her application form did not go past the first desk.
"I did not have the requisite documents from my parent. I have now given up on getting an ID card and also getting a job or even settling down. I live in Majengo in Nanyuki, a hub that is synonymous with police raids and I have on several occasions been arrested for lack of an ID, but I have always found a way to win back my freedom," she said.
She said has been unable to get a job since employers insisted that applicants must always produce their ID cards.
