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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. To learn more, visit the Kenya National ID website.

Adoption data

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

Always returned attributes

FieldDescription
firstNameUser’s first name
lastNamesUser’s last name
dateOfBirthUser’s date of birth
sexUser’s gender
document typeType of identity document
document numberIdentity document number
nationalIdNumberMatched individual’s national ID number
firstNameMatched individual’s first name
middleNameMatched individual’s middle name
lastNamesMatched individual’s last name
sexMatched individual’s gender
dateOfBirthMatched individual’s date of birth

Sometimes returned attributes

The following attributes are sometimes returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.
FieldDescription
middleNameUser’s middle name

Required input attributes

The following attributes are required as input to perform identity verification with this ID Provider.
FieldDescription
firstNameUser’s first name
middleNameUser’s middle name
lastNameUser’s last name
dateOfBirthUser’s date of birth
genderUser’s gender
nationalIdNumberUser’s national identification number