Kenya’s Civil Registrars are set to digitise their records within the next six months, in a process that will clean up civil records and remove duplicate entries.
The government through the Kenya ICT Board has partnered Indian firm Data Processing House (DPH) to automate between 40 million and 50 million paper certificates.
All birth and death records from the 47 counties dating back to 1995 will be computerised at the cost of KSh100 million (US$1.2 million), sponsored by World Bank.
DPH software services contractor James Kinuthia said at the launch of the project the process will eliminate duplicate entries and eliminate ghost workers and voters.
“At the touch of a button the correct record will be availed to whoever requires it,” he said.
He also announced they will not only be creating an operating system for local offices but they will instead install “fully fledged” networks linking all counties and their respective subsidiaries to headquarters.
About 80 IT experts will be working on the project in groups of 11, with the process beginning in Kiambu country and then moving on to Muranga, Machakos and Nyeri.
