The government will not issue IDs to Somali immigrants on the Lamu-Somalia border. Speaking during a meeting between the immigrants and security officials in Kiunga town on Thursday, Lamu county commissioner Irungu Macharia said despite having lived in Kenya, the law doesn’t provide for the immigrants to be issued with IDs. This comes days after immigrants numbering over 1,000 appealed to be issued with national IDs, birth certificates and title deeds. Macharia said instead of the national IDs the immigrants are seeking, the government shall provide Alien IDs and nothing more. You can’t be given national IDs.

Source: The Star March 26, 2021 02:14 UTC