304,842 documents remain uncollected at Huduma Centres

Kenyans who applied for IDs, Smart Driving Licenses and Birth Certificates have been urged to visit Huduma Centres to collect their documents.

In a notice on Tuesday, Huduma Centre announced that 304,842 remain uncollected documents across 56 centres country-wide.

There are 189,712 identification cards (IDs), 55,274 birth certificates and 59,856 Smart Driving Licenses that haven't been collected.

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.

Last month, President Ruto commissioned other Huduma centres; Kathwana, Maara and Marimanti Huduma Centres.

Huduma Kenya operationalised the two centres through equipment branding and staffing this initiative is geared towards deepening access to government services through Huduma Centres in the 290 constituencies.

Huduma Centres have undergone various transformations with some offering judiciary services. They include Nairobi GPO, City Square, Makadara, Kibra, Eastleigh and Kiambu. The Judicial desks at the centres are manned by Judiciary staff.

Some of the judicial services to be offered at Huduma Centre are filing of new civil cases, filing documents of existing cases and requests for and issuance of summons to enter an appearance, notice to appear in divorce cases, extracted court orders, decrees, certified and uncertified proceedings, copy of ruling/judgment.

Also, request and issuance of mention dates, general case inquiries, e-filing support, payments of fines and deposits and virtual court support