IDs to be issued within 21 days, PS says

PS Julius Bitok speaks after he opened the new Civil Registration Office in Bura constituency. [Robert Menza, Standard]

For years, residents of Mbalambala and Bangale in Tana River County have had to travel to Hola, a distance of over 200 kilometres and pay over Sh2,000 on a single trip, to apply for birth and death certificates, as well as ID cards.

Often, they have to wait for over two weeks to get the important documents.