The committee want the government to immediately stop the implementation of the controversial National Integrated Information Management Systems (NIIMS) until the summoned officials address concerns raised by lawmakers. “We expect the CSs to treat this matter with the seriousness it deserves,” Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja, who is the committee’s acting chairman, told Mr Ntutu. You cannot bring this kind of a bill with far reaching amendments through the miscellaneous bill, more so without the input of the Senate. Senators' also want to know whether the Huduma identification numbers will replace the national identity card. Under the programme, Kenyans are to be registered digitally and given unique identification numbers generated by NIIMS, akin to the ID card number.

Source: Daily Nation February 28, 2019 08:16 UTC