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Kenyans urged to collect over 226,000 unclaimed documents at Huduma Centres

Huduma Centre Laikipia East Makutano, Photo: X/HudumaKenya

By Maureen Kinyanjui | Friday, July 5, 2024

Huduma Kenya has also said the issuance of driver's licence biometrics will be available at select 15 Huduma Centres countrywide.

Kenyans have been urged to visit Huduma centres and collect their documents.

In a notice on Friday, Huduma Centre revealed that 226,247 remain uncollected documents across all 53 Huduma Centres country-wide.

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There are 134,602 identification cards (IDs), 38,928 birth certificates, and 45,575 Smart Driving Licenses that haven't been collected.

Huduma Kenya has also said the issuance of driver's licence biometrics will be available at select 15 Huduma Centres countrywide.

The select centres are GPO, Kibra, Mombasa, Eldoret, Thika, Kericho, Nakuru, Kisii, Kisumu, Garissa, Machakos, Nyeri, Embu, Meru, and Kakamega.

The Huduma Kenya programme was created to facilitate the provision of a wide array of government services in a single unit dubbed Huduma Centres.

For this reason, Huduma Kenya merges numerous related public services within one location, possibly on the same floor so that Kenyans can easily access them.

The first Huduma Center Nairobi was launched in 2013 by former President Uhuru Kenyatta alongside then Deputy William Ruto at the Teleposta Building in Nairobi.

Huduma Centre has undergone various transformations as it offers judiciary services in six Huduma Centres.

They include Nairobi GPO, City Square, Makadara, Kibra, Eastleigh, and Kiambu.

The judicial desks at the centres are manned by Judiciary staff.

Huduma Centre will provide judicial services such as filing new civil cases, filing documents for existing cases, requesting and issuing summons to appear, notice to appear in divorce cases, extracted court orders, decrees, certified and uncertified proceedings, and copies of rulings/judgments.

In addition, mention dates can be requested and issued, as well as general case queries, e-filing help, fine and deposit payments, and virtual court support.