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Friday, January 27, 2023 –President William Ruto has wondered how his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta failed to actualize the Huduma Namba.
Addressing Data Protection Conference in Nairobi on Friday January 27 morning, the president gave his ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo a timeline under which the failed Huduma Namba project should be actualized.
“The Huduma-thing that never was must be a success. It’s not the work of the government to issue identification numbers, it is the work of the government to identify the citizens,” President Ruto affirmed.
This controversial project was initiated by Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee administration with an aim of harmonizing service delivery in government offices.
The Huduma Card was also supposed to make it easier for Kenyans to get identified digitally and fast.
Though the project stalled along the way, many Kenyans had been threatened with consequences if they were not going to register for the new Huduma Namba card.
Ruto’s government wants to have atleast 5000 government services online in the next six months.
