Kenyans particularly took issue with the threat that those who fail to register will not access essential government services. By PETER MBURUMore by this AuthorA section of Kenyans have taken issue with the government’s ambitious Sh6 billion digital registration exercise that seeks to give everyone in the country a unique code dubbed Huduma Namba. Kenyans particularly took issue with the threat that those who fail to register will not access essential government services. If this was upgrading the ID system, there would be no need to threaten people with denial of services in order to comply. PILOT PROJECTThe government started testing the plan to register nearly 50 million Kenyans for the digital database on Monday.

Source: Daily Nation February 20, 2019 09:45 UTC