Incidentally www.births.go.ke is reported by my browser as hosting malware so be careful... -- Josiah Mugambi On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Wainaina Mungai <wainaina@madeinkenya.org>wrote:
The daily queues outside Sheria House are a sign that it is time to speed-up digitization of the birth registration process. To solve the problem, I believe the Kenya ICT Board should lobby for immediate and longterm action within government:
*Immediate steps* *1. Application forms: All aplication forms must be availed on http://www.births.go.ke/ and the website made public asap.*
2.* Tracking*: Parents should be able to track applications via SMS and via http://www.births.go.ke/ and via SMS. Models of this exist in government and it's simply a matter of replicating the approach. - National ID card application status - http://www.identity.go.ke/search.html - Passport application status - http://www.immigration.go.ke/index.php?id=25
3. No identity cards (or even primary school admissions) should be issued without the birth certificate. This will encourage registration of births.
*Longterm actions* * Every maternity hospital must submit birth information on a daily basis (electronically) and parents issued with a serial number for use in tracking and collecting the birth certificates. Home births via midwives must also be submitted via a registered midwife who must be attached to a local government hospital.
Regards, Wainaina
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