In Parts Of Kenya A National ID Now Costs Kshs 1,500

Those who applied for identity cards in June last year are yet to get them, worse still those who applied for replacements of lost ones during the same period are also still waiting for the vital document.

Worse still, it has now emerged that some registration clerks are taking advantage of desperate teenagers and demanding bribes of between Sh 1,000-1,500 from applicants who are mostly unemployed youths who need the ID cards to search for employment.

Last night on television, clerks from Kerugoya were exposed in the scum and as usual nothing happened to them though the local MP promised to take up the issue with the anti-corruption authorities.

This being an election year, one can't be branded paranoid for accusing the government of delaying the documents on purpose so as to ensure that the majority of Kenyans, especially the youth don’t vote in the December elections.

The excuses being given by the authorities concerned is even laughable, they claim that there has been a shortage of materials since mid last year and that this is the only thing that has delayed the process of producing the vital documents. One wonders what became of the rapid response initiative that the government keeps on talking about.

Maybe the government spokesman should take other top ministry officials for lessons on how to lie with a straight face or crucial teachings on how to tell plausible half-truths that even the average intelligent Kenyan can somehow believe.

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