Kenya Human Rights Commission has moved to court challenging the pilot programme of the National Integrated Identity Management System dubbed ‘Huduma Namba’. The government on Monday started testing the Sh6 billion plan to register 50 million Kenyans for a digital database. The pilot project is being conducted in 15 counties. Read: Huduma Namba: Sh6b Biometric registration project starts in 15 countiesThey are Nairobi, Makueni, Uasin Gishu, Embu, Busia, Kajiado, Baringo, Marsabit, Kilifi, Kisii, Tana River, Embu, Kisumu, and Wajir. KHRC said the Huduma Namba functions the same way like the Integrated Population Registration System which is already working.

Source: The Star February 19, 2019 09:11 UTC