"According to Biometric Update, Maisha Namba is “expected to address different challenges such as identifying and authenticating citizens, safeguarding primary registration documents such as birth certificates and national identity cards and improving the management of social programmes and government operations.”
"The identification number attached to Maisha Namba “will also be used to register for government services, including education, health insurance, tax and social security.”
"But some experts said they believe the Maisha Namba program has other, unannounced, aims."