The Director DCI Mr. Mohamed Amin has today foreseen the finalising of a contract execution between the DCI and M/S Idemia Southern and Eastern Africa Limited that will enable the upgrade of the Police Clearance Certificate system from the currently used Automated Palm and Fingerprint Identification System (APFIS) to Multi Biometric Identification System (MBIS).
This upgrade comes as a response to mitigate legitimate concerns from members of the public in regards to the delays experienced in the processing of the Police Clearance Certificates (PCC).
The new system, MBIS will improve the processing speed of the certificates from the initial 14 days to 1 day, thus effectively contributing to the clearance of the backlog while also matching the corresponding number of applications to those processed in a day.
Additionally, the new system is fully bolstered to support live scans of the PCC applications in 52 Huduma Centres across the Country, at the DCI Headquarters and Police Stations. This feature will tremendously reduce paperwork in the whole process of acquisition of a Police Clearance Certificate. Moreover, while the old system was only able to store 2 million criminal records, the new system will have a storage capacity of up to 10 million.
Speaking during the meeting today, Mr. Amin affirmed his confidence that the new system will address the concerns arising from delayed processing of the Police Clearance Certificates. He further emphasized the Directorate's commitment to offer this service with utmost dedication.