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Huduma Namba for Beginners

In the first place, it is Huduma Namba and not likely as your mind tells you, of course, Huduma Number. Whereby, Huduma Namba is a free government service through the Biometric Registration Process.
Whereas, the process is budgeted and expected to cost between Sh5 billion and Sh6 billion. In order to complete the whole registration process of the Biometric Registration through the KIEMs – Kunsten Informatie en Media (Dutch) Kit(s).

However, the Huduma Namba as per se is still a mysterious exercise. In that case, with many concerned and worried Citizens especially those of Kenyan origin awaiting answers as well as for events to unfold further. For your information, with the numeric data registration exercise intended to complete tomorrow, the majority of Citizens are yet to fight with the deadline.   

What is Huduma Namba?

To enumerate, Huduma Namba is a program which was initiated through Executive Order No. 1 of 2018 to create and manage a Central Master Population Register which will be the authentic ‘source of truth’ of the identity of all persons residing in Kenya. Therefore the Namba intends to;
  • develop a national biometric population  database of all persons in Kenya
  • assign a personal unique identification to facilitate access to government services
On the other hand, the main reason why the Government of Kenya is undertaking the Biometric Registration Process is for the following reasons. Such as to;
  • guard against impersonation and fraud
  • authenticate personal data
  • enhance access to government services
Therefore, any Kenyan citizen who has nothing to hide or a foreign national engaging in legitimate activities in the country should have their personal details captured in the new system.
































Why is Huduma Number Important?


Firstly the whole exercise is conducted by the  National Integrated Identity Management system(NIIMS). Furthermore, it involves collecting biometric data after which the systems generates a unique number (Huduma Namba).
After which, it will enable one to access a variety threshold of services and solutions supported by the Government. Such services include applying for a driving license, ID, birth certificate among others. However, the exercise is different from other Government Registration processes in that it will;

  • capture Biometric data of all person – both Citizens and Non-Citizens from the age of six years
  • gather and capture more information on an individual
  •  integrate Personal identification data of individuals existing ion several databases

What are the Requirements for Huduma Namba registration?

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