Digital civil registration will reduce number of ‘invisible’ people, improve access to services

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Kenyans queue during the Huduma Number registration at GPO, Nairobi. [File, Standard]

A recent opinion piece in the New York Times titled, “Kenya’s New Digital IDs May Exclude Millions of Minorities” raises an issue that the UN is passionate about: that the pursuit of sustainable development should leave no one behind.

In seeking inclusivity of all in the development narrative. Kenya is making important gains in making the invisible, visible.