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President Uhuru dismisses those linking Huduma Namba to satanic beliefs

 Interior and Coordination PS Karanja Kibicho, Nyandarua Governor Francis Kimemia and Woman Rep Faith Gitau during the launch of NIIMS Pilot registration in Nyandarua County. [John Githinji/Standard]

A day after the High court allowed the government to proceed with the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) dubbed Huduma Namba President Uhuru Kenyatta has today dismissed some religious leaders for linking the biometric registration exercise to satanic beliefs.

Speaking in Masii, Machakos County, where he officially launched the registration, a piqued President Uhuru could not understand how some people were linking  Huduma Namba to Satan.

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