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Originally published by Kenyanstop
August 20, 2026
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Nairobi to Introduce New Technology to Identify Deceased Residents

The proposed system comes as many bodies are left unclaimed at various mortuaries in the capital some for years...
✨ Key Highlights
Nairobi County is implementing new technology to enhance the identification of unclaimed bodies and reunite them with grieving families.
- A backlog of 473 unclaimed bodies at the Nairobi City County Funeral Home has prompted the initiative.
- The effort is led by Governor Johnson Sakaja, who is collaborating with the National Registration Bureau and the National Police Service.
- The new system will utilize biometric data, such as fingerprints, and cross-reference it with government databases to speed up identification and family tracing.
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