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The issuance of a Kenyan identity card to a foreigner who vows that never requested it shines a spotlight on the rot in the office that bestowed this important responsibility. Bosnian national Zlatko Gegic told the High Court that he was given a Kenyan ID card after he requested a residence permit.
This is what Justice Roselyne Ekirapa Aburili warned that weaknesses in the country’s registration system threaten the integrity of citizenship documentation.
The problem of issuance of Kenyan ID cards, passports and birth certificates to foreigners is not new. For years, wayward registration officials have been accused of dishing out identification documents to foreigners.
In 2014, the current Health CS Aden Duale accused Senator Otieno Kajwang', now deceased, of issuing 500,000 crucial documents illegally during his tenure at the Ministry of Immigration.
