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August 20, 2026
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Nairobi to Introduce New Technology to Identify Deceased Residents

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...

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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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