“The Identity Card is an inalienable right enshrined under the Constitution of Kenya 2010; which states at Article 12 that ‘‘every citizen is entitled to the rights, privileges and benefits of citizenship….and which include a Kenyan passport and any document of registration or identification issued by the State to citizens”. These entitlement can only be denied, suspended or confiscated in accordance with the law and subject only to the permitted limitations set out under Article 24 of the Constitution which enjoins the state to exercise the right to limit fundamental rights and freedoms only to the extent that the same is reasonable and justifiable in an open democratic society, based on human dignity, equality and freedoms. If for example denial of identity cards subjects the citizen to indignity and robs him or her of her selfhood, then consequently that limitation is unreasonable and not justifiable in an open democratic society.” ~Eliud Owalo
The youth in Loitokitok have for the longest time now been suffering because for their own ‘beloved’ county has refused to give them national IDs. Loitokitok.com representatives researched on this issue and it was sad that almost 98% of the feedback that we got from users of social media was that it has been almost 2 years now that these youth have got no National identification cards.
Is this the same county that say that our youth are rotten? Is this the same county that arrest these youth due to lack of IDs only to solicit bribes from them and/or their parents so that they can be released? County government, where do you want these youth to go without their IDs? How will they get sources of income and employment? Leaders, how do you want these youth to vote with?
We have forwarded this to the national media to investigate on this and will further forward this to the government if action is not taken. Kajiado county, we need IDs for our youth.
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