Sawa Dennis. The fact that it is issued by the tax collector makes me associate it with tax paying.

2009/7/9 Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com>
"...But PIN is not an ideal Primary Key. You need to be a tax
payer..." Wrong. I am not yet a tax payer yet i got a PIN. the correct
statement is that it is issued by the tax collector. As such A->B,
B->C ; A does not imply C.

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<skunkworks100@gmail.com>
????

On 09/07/2009, Philip Musyoki <pmusyoki@gmail.com> wrote:
> But PIN is not an ideal Primary Key. You need to be a tax payer or to have
> been one sometime to have a PIN Number, and even then you will need your ID
> first to get the PIN. We should have a universal system, issued to all
> Kenyans of all ages, probably at birth. It should also have you DNA
> signature, finger print, iris scans and so on to make it difficult to forge.
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Michuki Mwangi
> <michuki@swiftkenya.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Odhiambo ワシントン wrote:
>> > transactions. In KE, there is no _primary key_ to identify someone.
>>
>> If you have paid attention to whats happening the _primarykey_ in KE is
>> PIN number.
>>
>> If this has become the everything from Post-paid line, KPLC, Water, Bank
>> Accounts, Car registration, Passport, Job applications and every other
>> place you go its a requirement. I have quickly had to cram the number
>> because i have to fill it in every now and then - ID is only being left
>> to entry into buildings now :)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michuki.
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