It will now be easier for the residents of Northern Kenya to acquire national identification documents after President William Ruto signed a decree ending years of State discrimination in the issuance of the vital documents.
Signing the Presidential Proclamation on Registration and Issuance of IDs to Border Counties, President Ruto termed the practice unjust and disenfranchising.
“If it’s about vetting, let all children of Kenya be vetted equally without any discrimination,” he said.
He made the remarks after publicly signing and reading out the decree at Orahey Grounds in Wajir Town.
For years, residents of North Eastern have endured extra-vetting and ethnic profiling by the State before they acquire birth certificates and national identity cards.
“We want the people of Northern Kenya to feel equal to the rest of the country,” the President said.
Present were Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, Governors Ahmed Abdullah Mohamed (Wajir), Mohamad Adan Khalif (Mandera) and Nathif Jama Adam (Garissa).
The President is on a four-day development tour of North-Eastern Kenya. He began on Tuesday in Mandera and was in Wajir on Wednesday. On Thursday and Friday, he will visit Garissa and Isiolo counties respectively.
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