Is the Lack of National ID's Affecting the Youth?

There is lack of adequate clarity on the documents required to support an application for an ID
Three kinds of evidence are required in the application process: – (1) Proof of age (2) Proof of citizenship and (3) Proof of residence.
The National Bureau of Registration has provided the following guidelines:
a) For proof of birth, any of the following may be used: • Birth certificate • Baptismal certificate • School leaving certificate • Age assessment certificate from a medical officer • Child health card • Notification of birth • Letter from the Provincial Administration – Chief/Assistant Chief • Sworn affidavits (for late registration)
b) For proof of one’s citizenship, one may be required to produce: • Parent’s ID card, and in some cases, grandparents ID • Certificate of registration as a Kenyan citizen (Kenyan by registration or naturalization) • A letter from the civil service attesting to parents’ employment by Government and a copy of the parent’s civil service ID. • Any other document/information that will be asked for by the registration officer.
c) For proof of residence, one may be required to produce: • A title deed • Agreement of sale of land • Water and electricity bills • Letter from the area Chief
Other than a birth certificate, baptismal card or age assessment certificate, most of the other requirements are not enumerated in the Registration of Persons Act or its rules. The lack of direction and extremely wide discretion given to registration officers to determine any other document/information, leaves room for abuse, arbitrariness and unreasonable demands on the applicants resulting in unfortunate consequences.
The NRB informed KNCHR that such requirements were local initiatives which later became institutionalized without formal approval. Registration officers are allowed to “use all necessary processes to prove citizenship’ and that ‘the key is satisfaction of the registrar since they are accountable for all persons registered’. Despite the fact that such practices had been scrapped by way of circulars in August 2006, the latest findings tell a different story. Residents of Kajiado, Tana River, Turkana, Teso, Wajir and Mandera districts, for instance, alleged that they had been asked to produce title deeds or letters of allotment when applying for an identity card. But in most of these districts, residents neither have title deeds to land nor is land registered to individuals as most of the areas are trust land, making the demand unreasonable.

Should this be a problem for the youth and will it affect future generations?