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Stop vetting Kenyans for IDs, says Majority Leader Aden Duale

Leader of majority Aden Duale address the Press at Parliament Buildings on 10/10/16 [PHOTO MOSES OMUSULA/Standard]

Some 8,000 Kenyans from North Eastern cannot apply for ID cards because of their “refugee” status, National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has said.

He said the youth from Garissa and Wajir counties have been denied citizenship since their names are still in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) database.

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