Nearly 6,000 national identity cards remain uncollected at Kisii Huduma Centre
A Huduma Centre agent issues national identity cards to Kisumu residents at the Kenyatta Sports Ground in Kisumu Town on March 10, 2016. There are nearly 6,000 uncollected IDs at the Kisii Huduma Centre. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Arrangements are being put in place to distribute some of the cards provincial administration offices for easy pick up.
- Kisii Huduma Centre handles a minimum of 10 voter registration, five transfers and five inquiries per day.
Nearly 6,000 national identity cards (IDs) are yet to be collected from the Kisii Huduma Centre.
The revelation comes even as leaders in the region push residents to get the vital document in order to register to vote in the upcoming general election.
Huduma Manager Diana Nalecho on Wednesday said many people are eager to apply for the document but do not bother to collect them once they are ready.
Ms Nalecho said 5,700 IDs remain uncollected, adding that those who fail to pick them up risk failing to vote next year as the time for voter registration is running out.
According to Gladys Moraa, the officer in charge of IDs at the Kisii County Registrar's Office, officials plan to distribute some of the cards to regional administration offices so the owners can easily pick them up.
Ben Misati, the regional elections coordinator for Kisii County, noted that the Huduma Centre handles a minimum of 10 voter registrations, five transfers and five inquiries per day.
