Kenya Bitter Truth

By Dr Miguna Miguna ["Who is it that has snagged the tender for printing new Huduma cards? Who will supply the database software? Who will 'eat' the computer hardware tender? Who will grab the multi-year, multi-billion-shilling system maintenance contract? Who will get paid? Is it Muhoho Kenyatta or Mama Ngina Kenyatta? What can the Huduma number do that the average identity card number cannot? And if there is something wrong with ID card numbers – such as duplication thanks to election rigging moves – then why aren’t we fixing the issues with national ID cards?"] -------------------------------------------------------- Let’s get some basics out of the way. The Huduma Namba initiative has nothing to do with delivering services to you. That much is obvious even to the most besotted government supporter. There is no number on earth that can help a government deliver services better if that government has not been doing so or wants to do so. The idea that this government...