Digital birth card could help end terrorism

Robert Malanya’s smart card has information that is stored in a central server. Bearers are automatically notified about important dates. [Photo: Kamuzu Banda]

Nairobi, Kenya: The insecurity Kenya is currently facing largely due to acts of terrorism has motivated one innovator to come up with a technology that could fix this problem once and for all. Robert Malanya, a student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), says to dry up terrorism, getting proper records of details pertaining to every Kenyan is a good place to start.

“Our biggest problem is that due to a poor record management system, our government and security forces do not have the records of everyone in the country. My innovation – the Digital Birth Card – will rectify this,” says 22-year-old Robert.