Parents of students enrolled in various training institutes and colleges across the country are decrying delays in the issuance of national identity cards (IDs), which they claim is jeopardizing access to critical services.
Jacinter Akinyi, a parent, explained that her sister, a total orphan, applied for an ID in early February to secure tuition fees from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), but has yet to receive it.
Samson Omondi disclosed that he applied for his ID in February and that his daily trips to the Huduma Center to collect it have been fruitless.
“It is my humble and urgent plea that our children be assisted in getting their IDs, which will facilitate them in obtaining HELB funding because we lack the resources to pay for their education,” said Omondi.
The stranded applicants have now appealed to those in charge of processing IDs to intervene and resolve the stalemate.
“My plea is that those in the department responsible for issuing IDs should intervene and quickly resolve the issue because we urgently need the IDs to process HELB funding,” Omondi pleaded.
