Huduma Kenya Chief Executive Officer Dennis Mutuku has announced that the Huduma Card, a government-owned multi-purpose social card, will be rolled out in October this year.
The government has a target of getting 14 million people to sign up for the card within the next seven years.
Essentially, it will be a payment gateway to facilitate electronic processing of payments by users to access both public and private sector services.
The card has been undergoing trials in various Huduma Centres across the country.
“This will be the largest rollout of a formal Government electronic payments solution in East Africa and will see both the Kenyan Government and its citizenry benefit from the safety and convenience of electronic payments,” noted Mutuku.
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He also expressed confidence that the card 'would bring a digital revolution in government services'.
The Huduma Card uses Mastercard prepaid payment technology.
It will be used in Huduma centres as well as Huduma online and mobile platforms.
The first Huduma Centre was launched in 2013 and is located at Teleposta Towers in Nairobi.
Services offered at Huduma Centres include registration of business and student loan applications.
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