Klaarmind Expert Tambet Artma Shared Estonia's Experience in Nairobi Capacity Building

From 27 to 30 April 2026, a Klaarmind expert participated in the Capacity Building for Kenya's Justice Sector training in Nairobi, an event organized by ESTDEV and funded by the UN and EU. The session brought together justice-sector stakeholders to examine how digital public infrastructure can strengthen service delivery, improve trust, and support more interoperable public systems.

Tambet Artma, a Klaarmind expert and Business Register Team Leader at the Centre of Registers and Information Systems (RIK), served as trainer. He covered Digital Estonia and the role of digital public infrastructure, explained what RIK is and how it cooperates with the Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs, and addressed topics from databases to sovereignty. His sessions included hashes in practice (mechanics, regulations, and security), timestamping as a "digital postmark," digital signatures and cross-border validity, and the Estonian experience with PKI, X-Road, and lessons learned, followed by a live systems demo. Indrek Tops, Data Analysis Team Leader at RIK, covered the e-justice landscape, discussed challenges and opportunities for deploying trust services in Kenya's digital justice system, and explained Estonia's e-File development and its four layers of interoperability.

Together, Tambet and Indrek led hands-on mapping exercises to identify first steps and build realistic roadmaps for Kenya. One of the strongest signals was the quality of engagement: participants asked constructive, implementation-focused questions and showed clear willingness to learn and move forward.

Digital justice is not only about technology—it requires trusted systems, consistent governance, and interoperability that reduces duplication while preserving sovereignty and security. Estonia's experience with X-Road, eID, and digital signatures offers a working model of how these principles translate into public value.

The Nairobi session demonstrated why international knowledge exchange remains essential in digital transformation. When justice institutions combine technical design with clear governance and realistic roadmaps, digital services become more reliable, transparent, and capable of supporting access to justice at scale.