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Long queues as Kenyans rush to beat registration deadline

Kenyans line up at the GPO to register for Huduma Namba. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Thousands flocked Huduma Namba registration centres yesterday in a last-minute rush to beat today’s deadline for the close of the exercise, before it was extended by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

On Monday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i had announced that the government would not extend the deadline, prompting a dash to enroll before the window closes. But the President extended the exercise citing the long queues witnessed during the day.

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