IDEMIA to Upgrade Kenyan Cops’ Biometric System

The Kenyan government has announced an upgrade to its biometric systems to address delays in issuing police clearance certificates. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) head, Mohamed Amin, revealed that the current Automated Palm and Fingerprint Identification System (APFIS) will be replaced by a Multi Biometric Identification System (MBIS).

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The upgrade is meant to eliminate the backlog and improve the efficiency of the clearance process, with IDEMIA selected as the vendor.

Amin explained that the new MBIS would significantly reduce the processing time for police clearance certificates from 14 days to just one day. The system will be accessible at all 52 Huduma Centres (one-stop service centers designed to provide a variety of government services to the public), the DCI Headquarters, and police stations nationwide. This is expected to reduce paperwork and streamline the process.

The previous system’s limitations included a storage capacity of only two million criminal records. In contrast, the new MBIS can store up to 10 million records, addressing one of the key issues that caused delays. Mohamed Amin expressed confidence that this new system would resolve existing loopholes and improve overall efficiency in the processing of police clearance certificates.

The upgrade comes in response to public complaints about delays, often caused by system hitches that sometimes necessitated manual processing of certificates.

Source: Kenyans.co.uk

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June 19, 2024 – by Ali Nassar-Smith

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