Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho told Capital FM News the public will be educated on the benefits of the system in which more than 40,000 Kenyans were registered during the pilot.
“What we needed is to get feedback from the pilot process so that we are addressing ourselves in the civic education to the real issues,” he stated. “The civic education will start today and we have all our materials ready. We were just waiting to get feedback on the frequently asked questions,” he explained. The PS pointed out that the exercise will ensure that Kenyans get fast and efficient service delivery.
“Every time you want to do polio vaccination, you are accurate… you know how many kids are in that bracket. When you want to do the elderly allowances, you are accurate. When you want to build a hospital, you know this hospital will serve the following number of people because you have mapped them,” he emphasised.
He further indicated that it will also help the government in its Big Four Agenda. “Any government that doesn’t use data to plan fails and that is why you find that there is a lot of duplication in terms of the way we offer services. You find there is a lot of what we call not prudent use of public funds because information is not accurate,” he stated.
For one to be registered, the government will require an identification document which could either be a birth certificate, National Identity Card, driving license or the Kenya Revenue Authority Personal Identification Number.