Tag: Huduma Namba
Kenya’s Unique Personal Identifier (UPI): What You Need to Know
The government of Kenya is launching a policy framework for efficient online registration of births and deaths. In brief, it has introduced a Unique...
Mastercard Community Pass Certified to Provide Digital IDs
ID2020 announced that Mastercard Community Pass has received the ID2020 Certification, which recognizes its digital ID solutions.
As more aspects of daily life move online,...
Ruto Government Could Replace Huduma Namba With Digital Identity
ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo has hinted that the state might pursue a new digital identity for Kenyans to replace the failed Huduma Namba...
Parliament to Decide The Fate of Huduma Bill 2021 Today
Parliament is deliberating on the Huduma Bill 2021 today. The proposal received public participation at the start of the year.
This is an important bill...
Government Wants To Compel NHIF Members To Own Huduma Namba Cards For Identification
The Huduma Bill was proposed in 2019.
The bill, which we have covered here widely, proposes the issuance of Huduma Namba to Kenyans.
It was published...
Parliament Invites Public Participation On Huduma Bill Next Week
The Huduma Bill was proposed back in 2019.
The bill has been looked into extensively, but it mostly proposes the issuance of the Huduma Namba...
Memorandum Seeks to Compel Huduma Namba Law to Give Kenyans Transition Period Before Shift
The Huduma Namba fiasco has been with us for some time now. Huduma Namba, as defined by the state, is a unique and permanent...
Huduma Bill 2021 Amendment Seeks to Issue Huduma Namba to Newborns for Tax Reasons
A few things have come up about the Huduma Bill, 2021.
First, is that there is a proposal that seeks to replace KRA Pins with...
Huduma Cards Are Finally Here, But for Nairobi Residents Only
The Huduma Namba registration exercise was carried out about two years ago.
Those who registered for the document did not receive it after several months,...
Huduma Cards Are Finally, Probably Coming in 2021
At the moment, the majority of Kenyans know what Huduma Namba is.
As we said previously, the Kenya government dedicated a significant portion of its...
Huduma Namba Cards To Be Issued in December, Will Phase Out National ID Cards
The Huduma Namba story has always been a sore thumb for the majority of Kenyans because it has never been explained well for every...
State Publishes Huduma Namba Act in Kenya Gazette
Huduma Regulations have been published in the Kenya Gazette.
The regulations are under The Registration of Persons (National Integrated Identity Management System) Rules, 2020, which...
A Timeline of Events: Huduma Namba to Pick Up Unregistered Kenyans in Phase II
Huduma Namba is not a new thing to Kenyans. We were first introduced to the unique number during the staging of Connected Kenya at...
Kenya Government Details Data Protection Civil Registrations Regulations in New Publication
The government has published the Data Protection (Civil Registration) Regulations, 2020. The regulations have can now be read by the public, which can then...
Preliminary Huduma Namba Regulations Suggest Linking the Database with Government Agencies
By now, most of us are aware of the details of Huduma Namba, its reasons and why it has sparked controversy. The unique identifier...
Legal Crystal Ball: Top Focus Areas for ICT Policy and Law in 2020
Attempting to get back on this and make it a regular article since the first (and only) one in 2018, a personal fave, The...
Huduma Number Bizarrely Makes an Appearance at NCBA Accounts Application Form
I have been a CBA (now NCBA) Loop user for a while now. The product, which targets young people, and has an unquestionably one...
Huduma Bill 2019 Proposes Mandatory New Identity Issuance, Tied to All Gov’t Services
Huduma Namba has attracted its fair share of publicity since it was made official sometime towards the end of 2018. The new identification system...
20 Million Kenyans Have Signed Up For Huduma Namba
The ongoing debacle around the Huduma Namba has been ongoing for a while now. The government wants people to register and Kenyans on social...
Kenya Parliament Approves Progressive Draft Data Protection Policy and Bill
Amidst the hue and cry from Kenyans who have since faulted the Government’s plan to create a universal database for citizens under the NIIMs...
ID Cards to be Used Alongside Huduma Namba for Personal Identification
There is no single day that elapses before the Government’s nationwide database for people under the NIIMs program aka Huduma Namba trends on social...
Kenya Government Clarifies About The SIM Card Blocking-Huduma Namba Snafu
The 'Huduma Numba' to register afresh Kenyan citizens has been met with a lot of criticism and there is a lot of drama around...
Huduma Namba Registration Rallied as Mandatory Contrary to Court Ruling
The issues surrounding the rollout of the government database for Kenyans under the National Integrated Information Management System (NIIMS) program was highlighted at the...
Kenya High Court Okays Huduma Namba Registration, Limits Process to Those Willing
A few weeks ago, Kenyans bitterly opposed the then compulsory exercise involving Huduma Namba registration that was defended by the government as the best...
Kenya Senate Puts a Stop on Huduma Namba Registration Exercise
The hue and cry regarding the recently launched National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) registration exercise appears to have met its goals because as...
