Kenya National ID

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 Registration ID website.

Adoption data

This section provides insights into the adoption of Kenya National ID among users in Kenya.


Adoption	29 million
Adoption source	N/A
Adoption rate	65.93%
Coverage	44M
Status	Coming soon!

Compliance

This section outlines compliance and regulatory requirements for integrating this digital ID provider.

Compliance data	Status
Locality requirements	None
Scheme-level restrictions	None
Certifications	None

Supported attributes

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

Always returned attributes

The following attributes are always returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.

Field	Description
firstName	User’s first name
lastNames	User’s last name
dateOfBirth	User’s date of birth
sex	User’s gender
document type	Type of identity document
document number	Identity document number
nationalIdNumber	Matched national ID number
match firstName	First name from the matched record
match middleName	Middle name from the matched record
match lastNames	Last name from the matched record
match sex	Gender from the matched record
match dateOfBirth	Date of birth from the matched record

Sometimes returned attributes

The following attributes are only sometimes returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.

Field	Description
person.middleName	User’s middle name

Required input attributes

The following attributes are required as input to perform identity verification with this ID Provider.

Field	Description
firstName	Person’s first name
middleName	Person’s middle name
lastName	Person’s last name
dateOfBirth	Person’s date of birth
gender	Person’s gender
nationalIdNumber	National identification number

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Supported attributes

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​Adoption data

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​Supported attributes

​Always returned attributes

​Sometimes returned attributes

​Required input attributes

Adoption data

Compliance

Supported attributes

Always returned attributes

Sometimes returned attributes

Required input attributes