Relief for Lafey residents as civil registration office opens

Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Bitok issues a birth certificate to a woman in Lafey after official opening of a civil registration office on May 10, 2023. [Ibrahim Ali, Standard]

Residents of Lafey constituency in Mandera county can now have a sigh of relief, following a new civil registration office at the Sub-county Headquarters.

The residents have had difficulties registering for government essential services due to high traveling costs involved to get birth and death certificates.