eCitizen Director General reveals plans to digitise ID collection and voter registration.
eCitizen Director General reveals plans to digitise ID collection and voter registration.

eCitizen Director General reveals plans to digitise ID collection and voter registration.

The Director General of eCitizen Services,ย Isaac Ochieng,ย has announced the governmentโ€™s plan to roll out digital notifications for Kenyans whose National Identification cards are ready for collection.

Speaking on Thursday morning during an interview onย Radio Generation, Ochieng revealed that once a person attains the age of 18 years, a brief notification would be sent to the parentsโ€™ phone informing them that their childโ€™s ID is ready for collection.

He assured Kenyans that theย process would be seamless since the government already has the detailsย of the applicantโ€™s parents, including their phone numbers.

โ€œWhere we are now, if you attain the age of 18, we will notify your parents on their phone because we have their details. We will tell them that the national ID for your son or daughter is ready for collection,โ€ said the eCitizen boss.

โ€œThe ID owner will also get a notification that they are automatically registered as a voter,โ€ he added.

During the interview, the eCitizen Director-General also announced plans to unveil the automatic linkage of citizensโ€™ IDs to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) register.

According to him, once an individual turns 18, they will automatically be registered as a voter, making them eligible to participate in elections.

The move marks a paradigm shift from the manual registration process previously used by the electoral body, which required individuals to visit a voter registration centre.

โ€œThe ID owner will also get a notification that they are automatically registered as a voter. Can you now notify us where you would like to vote? That is where you will be assigned,โ€ Ochiengโ€™ stated.

โ€œThere will be no manual voter registration. Everything will be automatic. However, the voter register will be maintained by IEBC,โ€ the eCitizen boss reiterated.


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