Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen addressing residents at Kaptum in Aldai Constituency, Nandi County, during President William Ruto's development tour on October 12 /KIPCHUMBA MURKOMEN/XThe government is rolling out an electronic birth notification system to reduce bureaucracy and delays in birth registration as part of wider efforts to digitise public services, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said.
Murkomen said the system would make birth registration more accessible to Kenyans by streamlining the process of notifying authorities of births.
“We are rolling out the e-Birth Notification System to eliminate bureaucracy and delays, and make birth registration more accessible to Kenyans. This is part of our broader plan to digitise government services and improve service delivery,” he said.
The CS spoke on Monday at Kaptumo in Aldai constituency, Nandi county, where he accompanied President William Ruto during his North Rift development tour.
Birth registration is a critical step in securing official identity documents for children, with birth certificates required for various administrative processes, including school enrolment and applications for national identity cards.
Standard birth notification and certificate processing can take about two to four weeks, while late registration often takes longer because of additional documentation and verification requirements.
Murkomen said other government reforms includes scrapping fees for first-time national identity card applications, as well as charges for replacing IDs and changing personal particulars.
The announcement came as Ruto commissioned the 500-stall Kaptumo modern market, which is equipped with an information and communications technology hub, storage facilities, cold rooms and other amenities.
The market is intended to improve trading conditions for small-scale traders like Mama Mboga, while boosting local commerce and creating economic opportunities for residents.
The President also inspected the ongoing construction of the 200-unit Kaptumo Affordable Housing Phase One project and commissioned the Aldai Last Mile Connectivity Project.
The electricity initiative forms part of a Sh2.1 billion programme to connect 23,000 households across Nandi county to the national grid.
The developments formed part of Ruto’s wider tour of the North Rift region, which began in Trans Nzoia county on Saturday, October 10, and will culminate in the Mashujaa Day celebrations in Eldoret on October 20.
