Kindiki Moves to Birth and Death Registrar’s Headquarters

September 11, 2023

Kindiki at the offices of the Directorate of Civil Registration Services (CRS) to assess the efficiency of the registration of births and deaths and to get first-hand feedback on the experiences of members of the public[Photos/Courtesy]

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Monday, September 11, 2023 –Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof Kithure Kindiki today paid a surprise visit at that Directorate of Civil Registration Services CRS to assess the documentation exercise and progress.

Confirming his sudden arrival at the birth registrar offices in Nairobi, today Monday September 11 morning, Kindiki said his resolve to make sure every Kenyan receives the required services in time and without bribery threats from public officers, was gaining momentum by day.

CS Kithure Kindiki held a progress, tracking and evaluation meeting with senior Immigration State Department officers, led by Principal Secretary, State Department of Immigration and Citizen Services Prof. Julius Bitok and Director General of Immigration and Citizen Services Evelyn Cheluget.

“Mid-morning surprise visit at the offices of the Directorate of Civil Registration Services (CRS) to assess the efficiency of the registration of births and deaths and to get first-hand feedback on the experiences of members of the public who seek these critical Government services,” he wrote in a statement sen by this desk.

The ex_Tharaka Nithi Senator also sought more information from members of the public to help share their experiences with the department.

“What has been your experience in registering the birth(s) and/or death(s) of your loved ones?” asked Kindiki.

The Cabinet Secretary has been moving from one office to another to make sure citizens who seek services and documents from the State get value for their taxes.

His appearance at the birth/death registrar’s office is coming at the time he is almost having a breakthrough at the Nyayo House where passport processing had also stalled.

Kithure, days ago, marked Nyayo House a crime scene; what saw a few senior officials at the immigration office apprehended over fraud-related crimes.

“Sustaining the momentum for radical changes to create efficiency, eradicate corruption and clear the historical backlog in the processing of passports remains a primary and must-achieve target for the Government,” he promised today September 11.

Reacting to his visit at the birth/death offices, a section of Kenyans urged that the process would improve if fully digitized.

“Prof, why can’t we digitize these documents & have them uploaded on our e-citizen platforms. If this building were to catch fire, what will we do? I believe GoK can afford a well secured cloud system to handle all these public data,” Victor Oria observed.

CS Kithure Kindiki interacting with the public at Nyayo House on Saturday

They noted that the death and birth certificate process should be done in a completely digital way to embrace technology this 21st century as critical data to do with birth and death should be stored in a soft copy format and not in paper form and physical files.