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High Court slams break on Maisha Namba roll-out

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 in Nairobi has slammed the brakes on the government's plan to roll out new generation identification cards dubbed Maisha Namba.

Justice John Chigiti directed the Kenya Kwanza administration not to register or issue the cards.

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