Huduma Namba will be a game changer

There are murmurs that Huduma Namba or the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) project could be abandoned.

In the era of increasing cybercrime, the absence of a trusted biometric identity could rob the country of its status as a regional hub for Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs).

The NIIMS is perhaps the low hanging fruit that will give President Uhuru Kenyatta a lasting legacy. It was hoped that NIIMs would form the foundational infrastructure for the upcoming Census, possible referendum and the Big Four agenda but the politicians are changing the narrative to fit their own selfish intentions.