(iii)
(iv)
(v)

(vi)
(vii)

(viii)

9.6.2
a)

b)

c)

d)

Enable authorities to provide and deploy emergency services( such as fire and
hospital) faster and more efficiently;
Enable development of data bases for customer management and marketing
campaigns for better regulation;
Allow greater financial inclusion of individuals in banking and other services in a more
secure atmosphere with ease of traceability. One of the reasons why small and
microenterprises fail to access funds is the question of traceability;
Lead to economic growth by reaching all sectors of our society;
Enable maximization of the value of address for service planning, delivery and
reporting in government service delivery which is becoming increasingly digitally
based.
Promote identity management as an increasingly necessary tool for emergency
management/counter-terrorism, and for service delivery in the nation.

Policy Objectives
Enable the National and County governments to combat corruption, use as location identifiers
for state/public/businesses, help individuals secure a legal identity e.g. Identity Cards(IDs) or
passports, facilitate planning/research/mapping/routing and implementation of public
policies and services, fight against national disasters like fires and diseases, reinforce
national/international security, better tax levy and critical for essential functions/ emergency
services;
Enable Businesses acquire accurate addressing systems to provide utility services like
telephone, water, electricity, develop new markets, approach clients, access products
including those ordered via internet, send mail, develop marketing campaign;
Enable the People to be formally recognised as members of their communities, take on rights
and obligations attached to their social role, have a simpler access to national/international
markets.
Enable the private sector to participate in the development of a national addressing system
with distinct roles of various stakeholders under a private public partnership (PPP) approach.

9.6.3 Strategies
Development of a National Addressing System in collaboration with all stakeholders (such as
Communications Agencies, County governments, Revenue Authority, National Registration Bureau,
Urban Public Transport System, National Land Commission and the National ICT Backbone; Kenya
Roads Agency ;Central Bank of Kenya, Students Loan Board, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics among
others) by creating synergies between these agencies to:
a) Better understand the problem, define a common action plan and implement it efficiently
with a specified project team leader/chair preferably at Principal Secretary level;
b) Project set up and concept building;
c) Development of addressing standards
d) Review and harmonization of Addressing and numbering works for Nairobi and other local
authorities/counties;
e) Integration of National Postcodes with Physical Addresses within Nairobi and the rest of the
country;

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