Nairobians snub calls to pick Huduma cards

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Only 13.6 percent of Nairobians have picked their Huduma numba cards after the roll-out of mass distribution by the government.
Government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna said only 300,000 out of 2.2 million people have responded to the messages sent to them.
Speaking yesterday during press briefing in Nairobi, Colonel (Rtd) Oguna said the distribution that started in Nairobi on February 2 will move to other counties in two weeks.

Only 13.6 percent of Nairobians have picked their Huduma namba cards after the roll-out of mass distribution by the government.

Government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna said only 300,000 out of 2.2 million people have responded to the messages sent to them.

Speaking Wednesday during press briefing in Nairobi, Colonel (Rtd) Oguna said the distribution that started in Nairobi on February 2 will move to other counties in two weeks.

“We are concerned that so far only 300,000 people have responded to the text messages. We would like to urge those who have received the messages to provide the requested information and subsequently pick the cards,” he said.

“People are getting these messages and perhaps just ignore,” he added.

The spokesperson said the Huduma Secretariat has been sending out two messages to those who had registered with the first requesting for the details of where they would like to collect their cards while the second one informs them that their cards are ready.

Col (Rtd) Oguna said the Huduma Secretariat will decide where to sent the cards for those who do not respond to the messages.

The government announced that the second registration will start in April, giving a chance to those who did no enrol in the first exercise to acquire the document set to replace the national identity card.