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Bitok welcomes order allowing Maisha Namba rollout

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PS Immigration & Citizen Services Prof. Julius Bitok speaking to the press after meeting with MPs from North Eastern says residents from the region. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Immigration Principal Secretary Julius Bitok has welcomed a High Court decision allowing the rollout of new digital identity cards dubbed Maisha Namba.

Justice John Chigiti set aside an order he had issued on December 5, 2023, stopping the process, after he was made aware of a similar case filed at the Constitution division of the High Court.

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