The government is struggling with pile up of uncollected national identity cards at the 57 Huduma centres across the country.
Public Service and Human Capital Development Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi said the number has reached 180, 000 ID cards.
In addition, there are 47,000 driving licenses, and 54,000 birth certificates still lying at these centres.
Muturi urged Kenyans to collect them to alleviate the accumulation.
Between August 12 and 26, 2024, the Nairobi production center received an additional 108,697 National ID card applications, adding to the growing backlog.
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By August 26, 2024, a total of 476,167 printed National ID cards had not been collected from the main office and Huduma Centres countrywide.
Nairobi County leads with the highest number of uncollected IDs at 55,327, followed by Kiambu (37,708), and Nakuru (28,581).
Other counties facing similar challenges include Kisumu (18,529), Mombasa (17,140), Kisii (15,842), Murang’a (13,627), Uasin Gishu (13,155), Kajiado (12,533), and Bungoma (12,053).
