The government through Huduma Kenya on Friday urged Kenyans who are yet to collect their documents including driving licenses, identification cards and birth certificates to do so.
While making the announcement, Huduma Kenya disclosed that about 45, 575 smart driving licenses were yet to be collected.
The Agency further noted that about 134,602 Identification cards and 38,928 Birth Certificates had already been processed and are ready for collection.
Kenyans who had registered for the above documents were directed to collect them at any of the 53 centres countrywide.
Kenyans who had applied for driving licences were directed to report to any of the 15 available centres and collect their documents.
“Issuance of Drivers License Biometrics is available at our 15 select Huduma Centres Countrywide,” read part of the statement.
The move comes amidst a recent public uproar over prolonged delays in the processing of essential documents including ID cards and driving licences.
The announcement also comes a day after Huduma Kenya that some Kenyans would continue to wait longer for their national identification cards to get processed.
According to Huduma Kenya, the pending court cases had created a backlog in the system delaying the issuance of the ID cards.
"Due to the court orders stopping maisha card production, it leads to many IDs not being processed causing a delay in ID production," Huduma Kenya stated.
"We apologise for the delay. We are experiencing a backlog but it is being handled," Huduma Kenya added.
Huduma Kenya was forced to address the matter after a section of applicants revealed that they had applied to replace their IDs in January and were yet to receive them.
