{
  "id": 18457524,
  "title": "State turns to chiefs, e-Citizen to trace owners of uncollected IDs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/state-turns-to-chiefs-e-citizen-to-trace-owners-of-uncollected-ids",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T03:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nation Africa",
    "slug": "nation-africa",
    "url": "https://nation.africa/kenya/news/state-turns-to-chiefs-e-citizen-to-trace-owners-of-uncollected-ids-5660290"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The backlog includes nearly 400,000 cards that have remained uncollected for more than 10 years.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "State turns to chiefs to trace owners of 557,930 uncollected IDs ahead of 2027 polls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/state-turns-to-chiefs-to-trace-owners-of-557-930-uncollected-ids",
        "published": "2026-11-06T05:34:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}