Number of unregistered deaths has risen with pandemic, official says

Interior PS Karanja Kibichu (from left), Civil Registration Services Secretary Janet Mucheru and Director General Ministry of Health Dr Patrick Amoth during the National Civil Registration Services stakeholders forum at the Tamarind hotel, Nairobi. December 3, 2021 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Details of more than half the number of Kenyans who died in the past one year have not been captured in the government’s data system.

Civil Registration Services Secretary Janet Mucheru said only 37 per cent of deaths have been recorded in the past one year compared to 41.6 per cent in 2016.