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Give us IDs, passports, Muslim leaders call on State

Al-Haji Hassan Ole Naado

Supkem National Chairperson Al-Haji Hassan Ole Naado.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • ''For how long are we going to be discriminated?
  • Most Muslims especially from the northern side of Kenya cannot get jobs because they don’t have IDs, and they cannot travel.” Supkem chairman Hassan Olenado.

The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (Supkem) has decried continuous discrimination by the Kenyan government in what they call an open bias when seeking identification documents such as national identity cards and passports.

Supkem chairman Hassan Olenado lamented Kenyans with a Muslim background from the northern side continue to be judged by their border names and have been struggling to secure jobs and even open businesses because they lack requisite documents yet they are Kenyans.