With the Court giving controversial Huduma Namba a go-ahead, ODM chief Raila Odingahas , Tourism CS Najib Balala and CAS Rashid Aman will on Friday preside over the launch of the Sh6 billion National Integrated Identity Management System in Mombasa.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has dispatched Raila and other high-profile personalities to oversee the controversial Huduma Namba launch.
Cabinet secretaries, PSs, CASs and opposition leaders are deployed around the country to oversee the launch and monitor the process as it is piloted in 14 counties.
The exercise starts today and ends on April 16.
Plans are going ahead after a court yesterday declined to stop the registration and ruled that the state could proceed with Huduma Namba and biometrics collection. The case will be mentioned on April 30.
However, it set strict conditions, saying no one shall be compelled to participate or surrender DNA.
No one will be forced to register in the system as a condition for receiving citizen services and facilities.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Kenya Human Rights Commission and Nubian Rights Forum had moved to court seeking the suspension of collection of data from Kenyans under NIIMS.
Critics call it an intolerable invasion of privacy and demonstration of a ‘Big Brother’ state.