By NATION TEAMMore by this AuthorMore than five million Kenyans have registered for the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS), Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i said Friday. Speaking in Kisumu where he inspected the Huduma Namba registration event at Jomo Kenyatta Sports Ground, the CS said that the government targets to register over 40 million Kenyans by May 17. In Homa Bay, Labour Principal Secretary Nelson Marwa cited frequent power outages in Homa Bay County as the major hindrance to the success of Huduma number registration. This was after it emerged that Ndhiwa Town, where the Homa Bay County launch of the Huduma Number registration exercise was held yesterday, has been without electricity for several days. So far the county has register 172,104 people against 1.6 million targeted registration.

Source: Daily Nation April 12, 2019 13:52 UTC