The High Court will rule today on whether to suspend Huduma Namba registration. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Kenya Human Rights Commission and Nubian Rights Forum had moved to court seeking the suspension of collection of data from Kenyans under the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS). NIIMS is a national programme for the mandatory registration of all Kenyan citizens and registered foreigners resident in Kenya established in the 2018 Amendment of Registration of Persons Act Sec. The government had said the Huduma Namba will be a useful tool for it in national planning, social services, project resource allocation and even project infrastructure. If the ruling is made in favour of the government, the countrywide process of registration will kick off on April 2.

Source: The Star April 01, 2019 07:30 UTC