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Study shows how Huduma Namba can identify criminals

An Huduma Namba registration kit. [File, Standard]

It is now possible to identify a criminal by comparing a piece of DNA from a crime scene to facial photographs.

But for this to work, it will require huge photo archives, such as the Huduma Namba database, that when complete could hold up to 50 million facial images, making it ideal for such identification.

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