President Uhuru Kenyatta orders registrar to embark on massive issuance of identification cards

President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the National Bureau of Registration to establish satellite registration desks. He has also asked the body to speed up issuance of identification cards (IDs) to ensure Kenyan youth register as voters. He faulted the registration bureau for denying Kenyans their rights to nationality by delaying delivery of IDs to the youth who have attained the age of 18.

He warned the officials against referring applicants to their areas of birth to register as Kenyans, noting that every person should register at their area of residence and not where they were born. "Hatutaki kusikia hiyo maneno eti mnatuma watu kwenye walizaliwa (I do not want to hear that people are denied IDs because they apply in areas other than their homes). You must register them in areas where they are living," said Uhuru.