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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 lookup requires users to enter their NID number and we will return attributes associated with that number. To learn more, visit the Kenya National ID website.

Adoption data

This section provides insights into the adoption of Kenya National ID Lookup 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 Lookup is used for identity verification:

Always returned attributes

FieldDescription
firstNameUser’s first name
lastNamesUser’s last name
fullNameUser’s full legal name
dateOfBirthUser’s date of birth
nationalityUser’s nationality
sexUser’s gender
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
middleNameUser’s middle name
fullAddressUser’s complete residential address
document issueDateDate the identity document was issued
attachments documentFrontFront image of the identity document
attachments documentPortraitPortrait image extracted from the document

Required input attributes

The following attributes are required as input to perform identity verification with this ID Provider.
FieldDescription
idNumberUser’s identification number