{
  "id": 18311208,
  "title": "Govt unveils plan to trace over 557,000 Kenyans over uncollected IDs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/govt-unveils-plan-to-trace-over-557-000-kenyans-over-uncollected-ids",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T12:42:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/govt-unveils-plan-to-trace-over-557000-kenyans-over-uncollected-ids"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Principal Secretary for Immigration and Citizen Services Belio Kipsang has appealed to Kenyans who applied for national identity cards to collect their documents, saying 557,930 IDs remain uncollected nationwide. Kipsang said the government had launched a nationwide mop-up exercise to trace applicants and ensure the identity cards reach their rightful owners. Appearing before the National […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}