Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki announced Monday that all newborn babies in Kenya will be assigned a unique identification number at birth. The identification number will later be used in school and eventually become their national identity number.
The cabinet Secretary also signalled that the Interior Ministry will be digitising birth and death records starting March 1, 2023.
He said newborns would soon be assigned a Unique Personal Identifier (UPI) at birth. This will later become the individual’s national ID, social security number, health insurance number and eventually the death certificate number.
“It will be their Nemis (National Education Management Information System) number in school. When they turn 18, it will be the ID, NHIF, NSSF and will be the number of your death certificate,” he said, adding that Kenya is now transitioning to a smart ID system.
“In the period between the time the UPI is introduced and 18 years later when it will transit into the ID, the Ministry is working on introduction of the Third-Generation, smart and digital ID,” a statement from the Ministry said
