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What happens when OTPs go away: Stories from the frontline of Kenya’s health revolution

Now, patients can verify their identity with a fingerprint scan at facility—no phones, no passwords

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by STAR REPORTER

News04 August 2025 - 16:46
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Launch of Biometric Health Identification./SHA

For 56-year-old Margaret Achieng’ from Kisumu, a simple hospital visit used to come with a lot of stress—carrying a file, waiting in long queues, and worst of all, remembering a code sent to a mobile phone she barely understood.

“I lost out on treatment once because I couldn’t retrieve an OTP on time,” she recalls. “They told me I had to go back and get another code, and I just gave up.”

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