Kenya plans $145m e-registration of adults, children by October 2015
At the swipe of an e-card, all information on individuals, including relatives, bank accounts and property will be revealed. TEA GRAPHIC | NATION MEDIA GROUP
An Israeli firm has been contracted to set up and manage the fresh registration of Kenyan citizens on a digital platform, setting in motion a process that will see all data on individuals and their assets stored in one data bank, starting February next year.
The government expects that once the $145 million registry is set up, all Kenyan nationals, including children, will be issued with electronic national identity cards by October next year. The new IDs will then be used universally from 2016.
