Nairobi, Feb. 23 -- Kenya's Kwanza government is now free to roll out the new digital identity cards, popularly known as Maisha Namba, after the High Court lifted a December order blocking their implementation.

High Court judge John Chigiti had stopped the Ministry of Home Affairs from rolling out the Maisha Namba pending the determination of a petition filed by the Katiba Institute.

The court on Friday lifted the order and transferred the case from the Judicial Review Court, where it had been filed, to the Constitutional Division of the High Court.

Maisha Namba has been described as a third-generation ID that includes a digital card, a unique personal identifier and a national master population register.

The NGO has challenged the ro...