Kenya targets cross-border pastoralists in ID registration drive

Previously, the porous nature of the borders had forced the government to impose additional vetting procedures...

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Kenya is intensifying its national ID registration drive to include pastoralist communities that frequently cross into neighbouring countries.

The campaign aims to register up to 3 million more Kenyans in the national database.
Principal Secretary for Immigration and Citizen Services, Prof Belio Kipsang, is leading the initiative.
Kenya is leveraging geo-mapped live capture equipment to issue IDs within its borders, despite challenges in locating nomadic individuals.

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