Huduma namba firm moves to court to salvage its stay in Kenya

SAFRAN IDEMIA Executive Vice President Mathew Foxton(L) and his Vice Olivier Charlanes when they appeared before the National Assembly Public Accounts Committee on KIEMS kits tender at Parliament on Thursday 21/02/19.

A foreign company that supplied technology for the Huduma Namba registration has sued the National Assembly after MPs blacklisted the firm. Parliament recently recommended that Idemia (formerly IT Morpho) be barred from conducting any business in Kenya over its alleged role in procurement malpractices at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) before 2017 elections.

In its application filed at the High Court, Idemia argued that the National Assembly's decision was unfair and unlawful because the company was not given a chance to defend itself.