Elgeyo Marakwet County MP raises alarm over unequal distribution of registration officers
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Politics & government
Elgeyo Marakwet County Woman representative Caroline Ngelechei has raised concerns over the uneven distribution of civil registration and national identity card officers across the country, warning that the shortage of personnel in remote areas is undermining efforts to ensure all Kenyans access essential government services.
Speaking during a meeting between the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security and the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services at Parliament Buildings, Ngelechei questioned why many officers were concentrated in urban centres while rural communities struggled with inadequate staffing.
She said oversight visits by the committee to Bungoma, Busia and other counties had exposed glaring disparities in the deployment of officers responsible for registering births and deaths and issuing national identity cards.