The Government will from next year digitally register all persons turning 18 years and seeking national identification cards.
The move comes as the State moves to implement national digital registration of all citizens.
In an elaborate process that is expected to herald the dawn of a technology-enabled National Digital Registry Service (NDRS), phase one of the project will see the implementation of a digital registry at a cost of Sh5 billion.
The identification will capture the biometric features including birth, marriage, death, driving licence, NHIF, NSSF and voter registration, which will eventually pave way for electronic voting.
Children below the age of five will also be registered. All Kenyans will eventually be issued with a unique Digital Identifier (DID), which replaces all documents (except passports) issued from birth to death, allowing Kenyans to transact using paperless identification.
Kenya Citizens and Foreign Nationals Management Service (KCFNMS) Director General Mwende Gatabaki said more than 40 per cent of births and more than 50 per cent of deaths are not captured in the national registry due to lack of information of the Kenyan people. "The move will strengthen revenue collection," she said
