Residents of Kitui Rural Sub-County are benefiting from a five-day Integrated Civic Education and Service Delivery Week aimed at bringing essential government services closer to communities. The exercise, running from November 9 to 13, 2026, is being conducted across all four wards through a partnership between the County Government of Kitui, IEBC, National Registration Bureau (NRB), SHA, Huduma Kenya and other National Government agencies.
The initiative, spearheaded by the County Department of Culture, Gender, Youth, ICT, Sports and Social Services, is providing residents with an opportunity to access multiple services under one roof without travelling long distances. Among the services offered are National ID registration, birth and death certificate processing, voter registration, SHA registration through Community Health Promoters and civic education on government programmes and citizens’ rights.
County Executive Committee Member for Culture, Gender, Youth, ICT, Sports and Social Services, Phoebe Mutemi, said the outreach reflects the county government’s commitment to ensuring that residents are informed, registered and included in public programmes. She emphasized that taking services directly to the villages would help eliminate accessibility barriers while increasing public awareness and participation in government initiatives
The programme has been strategically spread across Kanyangi, Yatta/Kwa Vonza, Kisasi and Mbitini wards, with designated service points at churches, chief’s camps, markets, libraries and social halls throughout the five days. The arrangement is intended to ensure that residents from different villages can conveniently access the services within their localities.
Ms. Mutemi has urged residents to turn out in large numbers with their National IDs, waiting slips and other relevant supporting documents to benefit from the exercise. She also revealed that Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs have been facilitated to distribute already printed National IDs to their rightful owners. The initiative underscores the importance of decentralizing public services, ensuring that government programmes reach ordinary citizens at the grassroots.
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