From the archives-What is it like to be a Kenyan American?: On June 16th, 2012; Kenyans in Baltimore of all tribes held Madaraka Day Celebrations to celebrate the traditional Kenyan holiday.
For the event, I decided to talk to some of my fellow Kenyan Americans for a pre-recorded report to see how much they knew about Kenya, what the best thing was about being a Kenyan American, and what was most misunderstood about being a Kenyan-American.
The Huduma Namba registration has kicked off at the Kenya Embassy in Washington DC, one of the three registration centers in the United States. Other centers are in New York and Los Angeles.
When the Huduma Namba registration was announced for the Kenyans in the United States,there were a lot of complains on social media with argument that it was unrealistic to expect them to fly from various parts of the United States.
Huduma Namba registration
According to the information posted on the Embassy website,one has to start the process by online registration at https://diaspora.hudumanamba.go.ke to create an account using your first Name and Email Address,you receive an email giving you a temporary password, then you Log into the created account using the temporary password sent to the provided email, fill in the registration form and submit.You will receive an email with the reference number and the registration document number.
Once you get the reference number, you present yourself to the Kenya Embassy in Washington DC or Kenya Consulate in Los Angeles with the email and all the relevant original documents requested for capturing of the biometrics and finalization of the registration process.
The primary documents for registration are:
i. Kenyan National Identity Card and Kenyan Passport for persons aged 18 and above
ii. Kenyan Birth Certificate and Passport for persons below 18 years of age,
2. Other relevant documents include Kenyan Driving licence, National Social Security
Fund (NSSF) card, National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) card, Kenya Revenue Authority PIN
Certificate.
Parents/Guardians may use their accounts to register Minors. Biometric data will not be captured for children under the age of 6 years.
According to the Citizen TV video above,the Embassy is looking at the possibilities of taking the exercise to other States in order to beat the deadline of June 19th 2019.
Video By Jessie Karangu
