{
  "id": "emergency/999-or-112",
  "signature": "AI tells someone in Kenya to call 911 in an emergency",
  "signature_zh": "",
  "regex": "(911.*ke|kenya.*emergency|emergency.*number.*kenya)",
  "domain": "emergency",
  "category": "wrong_emergency_number",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "Kenya does not use 911. Dial 999 or 112 for emergencies; both reach police and can coordinate fire and ambulance. Ambulance provision varies, so save local hospital or private ambulance numbers too.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "any",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "Dial 911 in Kenya expecting to reach emergency services",
      "why_fails": "911 is not the emergency number in Kenya. 999 and 112 reach emergency services. A 911 call does not connect to local police, fire, or ambulance.",
      "fail_rate": 0.95,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.dci.go.ke/",
        "https://www.kenya.go.ke/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "action": "Rely on a single fast government ambulance number nationwide",
      "why_fails": "Ambulance response in Kenya often comes from private or NGO services (St John, Red Cross); 999/112 routes police and coordinates, but having a local ambulance number is safer.",
      "fail_rate": 0.45,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Use Kenya's real emergency numbers.",
      "success_rate": 0.96,
      "how": "Police / emergencies: 999 or 112.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.dci.go.ke/",
        "https://www.kenya.go.ke/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "action": "Save a local private/Red Cross ambulance number alongside 999/112, especially outside Nairobi.",
      "success_rate": 0.8,
      "how": "Keep the nearest hospital and a private ambulance number handy in addition to 999/112.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": []
  },
  "official_doc_url": null,
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": null,
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.85,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.92,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2024-01-01",
  "last_confirmed": "2026-06-14",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-14",
  "evidence_count": 3,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": [
    "emergency/999-or-112/ke"
  ]
}