@Peter the important thing here is not that the data will sit in one database, for example once the system is in place the statistic's bureau could be better placed to give timely and accurate data that could be used for development purposes or business. Think about it we are all elements in a system and are all inter-related in some sense. They say Nairobi has 4 million inhabitants, where do they all live, are there services where they do what is there household incomes for example. How easy would it be to get that information? How many people are trained as electrical engineers and what level of study do they have college, university?. The fear of your data being stolen should not be an issue. How many banks have you heard have been hacked into? Most of the theft is done with help from the inside, same way right now if you know somebody you could mine information on someones bank accounts etc. As an important service by the government i believe the right people would be hired if they have not already been. Unless am not looking at it right all proposed data entry points have access to electricity and a mobile network. The Local hospital, the chief's, also they could have rechargeable devices that could be used in the field if the need arises. * If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't. - Emerson M. Pugh *