The government has outlined that under the Maisha ecosystem, all newborns will be issued a Unique Personal Identifier (UPI), which they will use for a lifetime, and upon death, the number will be transformed into the Death Certificate number.
Speaking during the unveiling of the Kenya Education Management Information System (KEMIS), which is an overhaul of the National Education Management System (NEMIS), Immigration and Citizen Services PS Dr Belio Kipsang explained that students will use the UPI numbers for KEMIS, and then the same number be used as the Death Certificate number. "Under the Maisha ecosystem, we will provide a Unique Personal Identifier (UPI) to every newborn, which will also be used by KEMIS.
In the event of death, the UPI will be the death certificate number.
This will help us with accurate data on inevitable transitions," Kipsang explained.
