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Busia residents protest Sh700 fee demand for IDs

Monica Onyango, a clerical Officer at Kisumu East registration office displays some of the uncollected national identification cardrs.Over 12,000 uncollected cards since the year 2010 are lying at the office.The registration officer is urging the owners to come and pick them. [Collins Oduor/Standard]

When Jane Achieng', from the Bumala area in Butula Constituency, Busia County, got employment, she was elated to secure a job amid a high rate of unemployment in the country.

The 28-year-old woman had not acquired her Identification Card (ID), and one of the requirements before she reported to her new job at a construction site was the vital document.

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