6 out of 9 million Huduma Namba Cards collected as government set to roll out phase 2 registration

NAIROBI,Kenya, Aug, 17 – The government has increased its capacity in the processing and issuance of Huduma Namba cards to every citizen across the country with Kenyans who are yet to collect their cards advised to do so as soon as possible.

So far, at least 9 million Huduma Namba cards have been processed and dispatched across the country with 6 million Kenyans already having collected their cards.

Government spokesperson Rtd. Col. Cyrus Oguna expressed optimism over the exercise further urging Kenyans to collect their cards while at the same time urging them to visit the Huduma Namba website, in order to track the status of their card.

“We are excited that the number of cards collected has continued to grow and we want to urge our people, particularly those who have already received notification messages to go and collect their cards,” Said Oguna.

Kenyans can do so by logging onto: https://confirmation.hudumanamba.go.ke using their identity cards.

The government meanwhile is set to roll out phase two of the exercise with Oguna saying, plans are at,”an advanced stage,and the date of commencement will be announced soon,”

According to the government, Kenyans have the option to select where they would prefer to pick up their cards, however, despite receiving messages on their phones with instructions on how to navigate through the request, many have not done that.

As a result of the delayed response, Huduma Namba cards are now being delivered to an individual’s home county based on details on their identity card.

Kenyans can collect their cards at the National Registration Bureau (NRB) offices or ID Offices at the local level.

Earlier last month, regional security bosses revealed that the exercise in some parts of Northern Kenya had been halted due to various challenges including the ongoing drought.

As a result, it was becoming increasingly difficult for local administrators to reach locals in order to notify them to collect their cards.

“The raging drought in many parts of the county and lack of mobile network as a result of terror activities are the main reasons why there is a huge backlog of uncollected huduma cards at the collecting points,” said Garissa county commissioner Boaz Cherutich last month.

Due to to the drought, thousands of residents are said to have migrated to various areas far from their original residence in search of water and pasture for the animals.

With several telecommunication masts having been destroyed as a result of various terror attacks in the county, Cherutich said that many residents might not have received text messages notifying them when and where to collect their cards.

“My office has formally written to mobile service providers requesting them to resume their services, we have promised to deploy security to areas believed to be hot spots for the militants,”  he said.

Local administrators in the region meanwhile kicked off a door to door exercise in conjunction with ‘nyumba kumi’ members across the various sub-counties to sensitize people on where to collect their cards.

Government spokesperson Rtd. Col. Cyrus Oguna had also in the past warned Kenyans to be on the alert, warning against fraudulent individuals sending text messages demanding payment in order to receive their cards.

“We wish to remind Kenyans that the issuance of Huduma Card is free. Nobody should be conned to giving out any money to anyone. Any message purporting to be coming from the government and asking the recipient for any money is fake and should be treated as so,”  said Oguna.