What State should do to successfully roll out new digital ID system

Immigration PS Julius Bitok displays a copy of a booklet on Digital ID at Serena Hotel, Nairobi. [David Gichuru, Standard]

Kenya has struggled to transform its citizens' and residents' identification systems for years.

In 2015, through the Integrated Population Registration System, the government created a centralised database holding registration data from various government agencies and databases such as pensions, courts, land, sim cards, driver licences, and immigration. Using a person's ID number, the system can be used to verify the accuracy of information to prevent double registration and fraud.