{"id":134902,"date":"2026-03-20T13:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/government-waives-id-fees-until-2027-to-boost-youth-registration-voter-enrolment\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:02:52","slug":"government-waives-id-fees-until-2027-to-boost-youth-registration-voter-enrolment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/government-waives-id-fees-until-2027-to-boost-youth-registration-voter-enrolment\/","title":{"rendered":"Government waives ID fees until 2027 to boost youth registration, voter enrolment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The replacement of identification cards and first-time registration will be free until 2017, government has announced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Government Spokesman Isaac Mwaura, noted that no Kenyan should be charged for replacing a lost ID, following President William Ruto\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cID replacement and first-time registration are now free until 2027. Following President William Ruto\u2019s directive, Huduma Kenya confirms no one should charge for replacing a lost ID,\u201d noted Mwaura.<\/p>\n<p>He said the move is aimed at boosting youth registration by expanding outreach through mobile registration drives in rural areas to ensure wider coverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis initiative boosts youth registration, expands access via mobile drives in rural areas, and strengthens voter enrolment ahead of the next general election,\u201d said Mwaura.<\/p>\n<p>The move is also seen as part of broader efforts to strengthen voter enrolment ahead of the next general election.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/government-waives-id-fees-until-2027-to-boost-youth-registration\/\">Government waives ID fees until 2027 to boost youth registration, voter enrolment<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The replacement of identification cards and first-time registration will be free until 2017, government has announced. According to the Government Spokesman Isaac Mwaura, noted that no Kenyan should be charged for replacing a lost ID, following President William Ruto\u2019s directive. \u201cID replacement and first-time registration are now free until 2027. Following President William Ruto\u2019s directive, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}