sequencing DNA for all kenyans is not a simple task both interms of
cost involved and the levels of skills required. In addition itsnt not
the best option to go plus who will be responsible in securing this sensitive
data.
Researcher would be very happy to exploit these kind of data for comparisons.
Either its hype or there is more to this. in the best case scenarios this kind of bio data/ information should only be collected for convicted criminals

@swenani, when someone gets knocked by a vehicle along say Jogoo road, cops from the nearest police station (Buruburu) will be called, write their report and take the body to City morgue. Two days later, a family will be combing all police stations, hospitals and morgues looking for a "missing person". This plays out all the time. A digitized police OB would solve this problem. I don't think it would cost Kes 50M. A young JKUAT graduate can fix this instantly. It is so basic but our leaders are so incompetent and clueless to fix it.

We have been reforming land registration in Kenya since 2003. And yet a guy was able to go to a bank, borrow 150M with his land as security. Later printed another title deed and had the legal charge at the lands registry deleted. Borrowed again, repeated the process and borrowed again for the 3rd time. Now COOP, Equity and CBA are fighting in courts who has the right to sell the land in question.

The Jubilee government cannot handle even the repository of bio-metrics data. Hopelessly incompetent.

We know what happened after Ngilu tried to streamline lands' registry in the process helped someone escape kaburus.

The current one in lands knows nothing at all. That is Ruto for you

Big brother is here with us my brodas. This is just a clever way for the government to increase mass surveillance on its own citizens in the name of "fighting terrorism" After so called Nyumba Kumi flopped they have now decided on strong arm tactics. How will this process stop terrorism? It can't. A terrorist walking in from Somalia without a scrap of documentation or DNA in government databases will be stopped by this how?

So Kenyans living in the diaspora will have to travel back to see their assistant chiefs like we did for E-passports?

This directive is against the constitution and should be halted by the courts ASAP.

1. It can be shown that such an integration of data implies that citizens will be subject to products that they haven't solicited.

2. Such actions contradict the foundations of the bill of rights and the implied status of pre-political rights. The state serves the citizens, not the other way round.

Notice that the cs was talking about convenience of carrying documents; as if that's what burdens the citizen the most.

Here's a question to the apologists: Give a use case that demands retinal scans on Wanjiku.

Where did you get that? On the form, there is nothing about Ethnicity just the normal details on your ID. By the way, you will NEED your ID, Birth Certificate and NSSF NHIF NEMIS and all those gvt issued cards. I think the Ethnicity question comes in during census. Its typical across the world. We need to know if Ogieks are now extinct.

As at yesterday, those in the diaspora will fill in the forms online and get the Huduma number once they return at their Assistant Chief's office. At the office you return your form - the attache there will verify your docs and take your 10 finger prints.

After finishing you walk out with just what you brought in DO NOT EXPECT a card

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Make sure your grand/parents have visited the various vituos.

I really do not know who comes up with these arrangements. Why not have a station at the Assistant Chief's office? Most of our senior citizens will find it such a bother to get to these vituos.

For no reason at all, start a WhatsApp rumour that the new Huduma ID is the 666 mark of the Beast that one cannot buy or sell without the Huduma ID card proving our allegiance to Satan's political system