Laikipia county on Wednesday kicked off registration of Persons With Disabilities, an exercise targeting at least 2,000 people.
National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), Laikipia County disability officer Dennis Kimathi in an interview with media revealed that they will issue new generation cards which were recently launched.
According to Kimathi, the registration exercise is aimed at replacing old generation cards with new security enabled features.
“Cards with security features are hard to forge and that is why we are replacing the old generation card, she said.
He observed that lately people have been taking advantage of persons with disabilities by use of the previous cards but with the new cards it will be impossible.
Kimathi called upon Persons With Disabilities who have never been registered to take advantage of the opportunity.
“I call upon PWDs in Laikipia to come out in large numbers and get registered. Even those with old generation cards should come and upgrade to the new cards. Opportunities are underway for those who will have registered,” the disability officer urged.
He also pointed out that the government had devolved PWDs registration to county level noting that time taken to get medical report approval from the Ministry of Health had also been reduced to two weeks, to help in streamlining the registration process.
Registration requirements include one passport size photo with a white background and copy of national identity for adults or birth certificate for minors under 18 years. Those to be registered need to physically appear during the exercise.
The exercise will end on 19th December 2022.