President William Ruto has officially signed a decree abolishing the vetting process that Kenyans in the North Eastern region and other border counties have faced during the registration and issuance of National Identity documents.<\/p>\n
At a ceremony held at the Orahey Grounds in Wajir Town, the head of state publicly signed and read the decree, stating that the move will put an end to a decades-long discriminatory practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur fellow countrymen from Northern Kenya will no longer suffer the indignity of being subjected to extra-vetting and ethnic profiling in order to acquire national identification documents,\u201d the president declared.<\/p>\n
The elimination of the ID vetting process was a key pledge in the Kenya Kwanza manifesto during the run-up to the 2022 general elections.<\/p>\n
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