Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki has directed the Registrar of Persons to fast-track the vetting and issuance of identification cards border counties residents.
Kindiki directed that IDs applications in border counties should be processed and issued to applicants in less that 21 days after approval by the vetting panel.
“It is unfair that some of our young people take three years to access citizenship yet other people in other areas take 2 weeks,” he said.
The CS directed vetting committees within the Registrar of Persons department to fast-track the process of vetting and approval within 21 days.
“The National Registration Bureau to work hard and ensure the time taken to vet is 14 days and a maximum of one week to issue the document,” he stated.
“We will enhance our border patrol and seal all the loopholes so that those from Ethiopia who want to come to Kenya can only do so through the right channel,” said Kindiki.
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At the same time, the CS said he will deploy more security officers in Marsabit County to combat cattle rustlers and highway robbers terrorizing residents.
Further, Kindiki said in the next seven days, more officers from the customs and immigration agencies will be deployed at the Moyale one stop border point to improve the turn around time.
“It used to take 6 hours to clear here, after the contraction it takes two hours but with more officers it will even take 1 hour for clearance to be done,” he stated.
