High Court lifts order stopping Maisha Namba rollout

Immigration and Citizen Services PS Julius Bitok (center) addresses the media after a stakeholders' engagement forum on the digital ID and Maisha Namba at the Nairobi Serena Hotel on November 1, 2023. [David Gichuru, Standard]

The High Court has lifted an order stopping the rollout of new digital identity cards dubbed Maisha Namba.

Justice John Chigiti set aside an order he issued in December 2023 that had slammed the brakes on the process, after he was made aware of a similar case filed at the Constitution division of the High Court.