MPs wants special forensic audit on Huduma Namba

By Dennis Otieno,

Parliament wants a special forensic audit on the Integrated Identity Management System popularly known as Huduma Namba. This is part of the recomme...

Budget and Appropriation Committee , Huduma Namba

Uhuru signs Bill for protection of personal data, sets stage for Huduma Namba

By Duncan Mutwiri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed the Data Protection Bill into law setting the stage for the controversial Huduma Namba. The new law creates the...

data protection bill , Huduma Namba

OPINION: Why trusted identities key to sustainable social & economic growth in Africa

By Benjamin Muriuki,

By Antoine Grenier African countries are looking to provide legal identity to all of their citizens so they can step up their continuous developmen...

Huduma Namba to become compulsory for all Gov’t services

By Sam Ogina,

It will soon be mandatory for all Kenyans to have Huduma Namba from December once the Huduma Namba Bill 2019 becomes Law. This comes after the Inte...

Communications Authority , Francis Wangusi , Huduma Namba , Huduma Namba Bill , interior ministry

Gov’t extends Huduma Namba mass registration deadline

By PSCU,

The Government has extended the deadline for Huduma Namba mass registration by one week. In a statement to newsrooms on Friday evening, President U...

Huduma Namba , LSK

Huduma Namba not mandatory, deadline illegal-LSK

By Wangui Ngechu,

Registration for Huduma Namba is not mandatory and the government should not set any deadlines, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) said on Friday. In a...

Huduma Namba , LAW SOCIETY OF KENYA , LSK , LSK President Allen Gichuh , NIIMS

Court allows IEBC-linked OT Morpho be barred from doing business in Kenya

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has declined to suspend implementation of a report by Parliament recommending French firm Idemia (formerly OT Morpho) be barred from co...

high court , IDEMIA , IEBC , Judge John Mativo , OT-MORPHO

Uhuru signs Ksh.67 billion loan with china for project delivery

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday witnessed the signing of two project delivery agreements amounting to Ksh.67 billion through a concessional financi...

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SGR construction to end in Naivasha as China loan bid flops

By Citizen Reporter,

The Government has made a surprise admission that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will actually end in Naivasha from where the old railway will conti...

raila , SGR naivasha , Uhuru

State House says Huduma Namba card not linked to MasterCard

By Benjamin Muriuki,

State House Chief Staff Nzioka Waita has dismissed reports that the Huduma Namba card is linked to MasterCard, a leading global payments and technolog...

Huduma Namba , Nzioka Waita

Why firm that supplied Huduma Namba, IEBC kits could be blacklisted

By Francis Gachuri,

IDEMIA, formerly known as Safran Morpho, a French information technology company that supplied kits being used in the ongoing Huduma Namba registratio...

Huduma Namba , IDEMIA , SAFRAN-MORPHO

State of the Nation: What Kenyans expect from Uhuru

By Chemutai Goin,

The war on corruption and handshake politics are expected to top President Uhuru Kenyatta's State of the Nation address on Thursday afternoon. As p...

Gladys Wanga , Huduma Namba , JUBILEE , Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro , parliament , President Uhuru Kenyatta , State of the nation address

Uhuru says gov’t lost Ksh.1.8B to 2,600 ghost workers in police service

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta says the pilot exercise of the newly-launched National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS), also known as Huduma Na...

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Raila tells off those against Huduma Namba, says registration a must

By Allan Irungu,

Orange Democratic Party Leader, Raila Odinga has insisted that the ongoing Huduma Namba registration process is a must and Kenyans should not be barre...

huduma numba , Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro , NIIMS , raila odinga