The workers will have their names in the systems and given badges that will be used to open the biometric doors that have been installed.
The project that stalled in 2015 due to procurement issues is now up and running, three weeks after the new ICT executive Charles Kerich took over.
All Nairobi County workers will be identified by biometrics after the completion of a ICT data centre that is expected to transform the county.
The workers will have their names in the systems and given badges that will be used to open the biometric doors that have been installed.
The project that stalled in 2015 due to procurement issues is now up and running, three weeks after the new ICT executive Charles Kerich took over.
Speaking to the Nation, Mr Kerich said the technology will help weed out ghost workers who have been illegally getting millions of money from the devolved unit.
“We will have all the workers identified and their details put in the system then get them badges to open the doors as currently, City Hall people walk in out and you cannot tell if they are employees,” said Mr Kerich.
The data centre will enable the county store its data in a safe and secure environment as they will be able to digitise all documents.
Mr Kerich said that the data centre will be the backbone of all of ICT technology as it will be hosting the counties servers.
“This project that was funded by World Bank stalled in 2015, but in the last three weeks we have installed and activated our systems which will be launched today,” said Mr Kerich.
The centre will control CCTV cameras, biometric doors, wi-fi, emails and host the online platform e-Jiji Pay used to collect revenue -- and whose servers are controlled from outside.
The CEC said that they have put up an ICT infrastructure, including structured cabling and the Local Area Network (LAN) at the County Hall.
