No healthcare, voting without Huduma Namba, Bill proposes

Huduma namba launch in Maua, Meru on April, 10, 2019. [Olivia Murithi/Standard]

The Government has proposed a bill that will lock out individuals without Huduma Namba from healthcare services and participating in the country’s election among other essential services.

If enacted, the proposed Huduma Bill, 2019, by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, will see individuals blocked from registering their marriages, register for electricity connection to their homes and enrol into a public educational facility without listing themselves under the National Integrated Identity Management System(NIIMS).