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Government now free to roll out Maisha Namba

ID cards

Uncollected National Identity Cards at Bima Tower Buildings in Mombasa on January 16, 2017.

Photo credit: Kevin Odit | Nation Media Group

Kenya's Kwanza government is now free to roll out the new digital identity cards, popularly known as Maisha Namba, after the High Court lifted a December order blocking their implementation.

High Court judge John Chigiti had stopped the Ministry of Home Affairs from rolling out the Maisha Namba pending the determination of a petition filed by the Katiba Institute.