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The Kenya National ID is the official identification document for citizens and residents, recorded in a central population register. Kenya NID requires the user to input some data about themselves into a form, and then complete a selfie to match their biometrics against the system of record. Customers can bypass the form-fill step by passing in known identity data about the user when launching the integration.

Adoption data

This section provides insights into the adoption of Kenya National ID Biometric among users in Kenya.
Adoption29 million
Adoption sourceN/A
Adoption rate65.93%
Coverage44M
StatusIn Integration Pipeline

Compliance

This section outlines compliance and regulatory requirements for integrating this digital ID provider.
Compliance dataStatus
Locality requirementsNone
Scheme-level restrictionsNone
CertificationsNone

Supported attributes

The following attributes are returned when Kenya National ID Biometric is used for identity verification:

Always returned attributes

FieldDescription
document typeType of identity document
document numberIdentity document number
document issuingCountryCountry that issued the document

Sometimes returned attributes

The following attributes are sometimes returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.
FieldDescription
nationalIdNumberMatched individual’s national ID number
faceMatchResult of facial comparison between user and reference image
livenessIndicates whether the selfie passed liveness detection
selfieSelfie image provided by the user

Required input attributes

The following attributes are required as input to perform identity verification with this ID Provider.
FieldDescription
idNumberUser’s identification number
livenessImagesImages used to verify liveness detection
testSelfieSelfie used for testing or verification purposes