Waiting processing speed of the Police Clearance Certificate at Directorate of Criminal Investigation is expected to reduce from the initial 14 days to 1 day effectively contributing to the clearance of the backlog while also matching the corresponding number of applications to those processed in a day.
This is after DCI entered into a contract with M/S Idemia Southern and Eastern Africa Limited for the upgrading of the police Clearance Certificate system from currently used Automated Palm and Fingerprint Identification System to Multi Biometric Identification System.
Speaking during the signing of the agreement at DCI Headquarters, DCI boss Mr Mohammed Ibrahim Amin said, the upgrade will be 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 .
Following the new upgrade, it’s expected paperwork in the whole process of acquisition of a Police Clearance Certificate will be reduced.
All 52 Huduma Centres across the country , Police Stations as well as the DCI Headquarters will be fitted with the new system .
The new system will be able to hold ten million criminal records opposed to the old one which one which was storing to two.
DCI head Mr Mohammed Amin is confident that the new system will address the concerns arising from delayed processing of the Police Clearance Certificates.
