National ID

Required Inputs

Input	Value
country	KE
id_type	NATIONAL_ID
id_number	National id number

Response Fields

Response Field	Value Returned
Country	YES
IDType	YES
IDNumber	YES
IssuanceDate	YES
ExpirationDate	N/A
FullName	YES
DOB	YES
Photo	YES
PhoneNumber	NO
PhoneNumber2	NO
Document	NO
Gender	YES
Address	YES

All fields are returned as string

ID Number Regular Expression (Regex)

To limit the probability of your user mistyping the id number, we advice that you enforce the format of the id number field in your app. You can use the regex below:

• /^[0-9]{1,9}$/

Supported Products

The Kenya national id can be used on any of the following products:

• Basic KYC

• Enhanced KYC

• Biometric KYC

For the supported integration options, you can check the integration options supported by each product here.

⚠ Important: For Basic KYC, we can only match the following fields: first_name, middle_name, last_name, gender, dob.

Sample ID Numbers

To test the Kenya national id in our Sandbox, we provide you with 5 different id numbers to mirror various scenarios you can experience with real IDs in production.

ID Number	Result	Result Code
00000000	Success with PII return	1012
00000001	Failure, no record found	1013
00000002	Invalid ID number format	1014
00000003	Database unavailable/unknown network issue	1015
00000004*	Success with custom PII return	1012

* to get a successful Biometric KYC, you will need to pass a custom photo. You can read more about customising the PII response in sandbox in our documentation here.