Kenya: Somalia Launches ID Registration Office at Nairobi Embassy Ahead of Border Reopening

The Somali Embassy in Nairobi has launched a new initiative to issue national identification cards to its citizens in Kenya.

The launch was on March 27, led by the Somali Ambassador to Kenya, Jabril Ibrahim Abdulle, and comes barely weeks before the Somali-Kenyan border reopens.

The office, run by the Somali body of the issuance of IDs, the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), will allow Somali nationals living in Kenya to begin the process of acquiring their national…