Kenya National ID

curl -X POST "https://verification.didit.me/v3/database-validation/" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "issuing_state=KEN" \
  -F "services=ken_national_id" \
  -F "vendor_data=user-1234" \
  -F "first_name=John" \
  -F "last_name=Doe" \
  -F "date_of_birth=1990-01-01" \
  -F "national_id=SAMPLE-NID-12345"

{
  "request_id": "req_01H…",
  "status": "Approved",
  "issuing_state": "KEN",
  "match_type": "full_match",
  "validations": [
    {
      "outcome_code": "MATCH",
      "service_id": "ken_national_id",
      "service_name": "Kenya National ID",
      "source_data": {
        "date_of_birth": "1990-01-01",
        "first_name": "John",
        "full_name": "John Doe",
        "identification_number": "SAMPLE-ID-12345",
        "last_name": "Doe",
        "name_match_score": "1.000",
        "verifications": {
          "date_of_birth": true,
          "full_name": true,
          "identification_number": true
        }
      },
      "validation": {
        "date_of_birth": "full_match",
        "full_name": "full_match",
        "identification_number": "full_match"
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "request_id": "req_01H…",
  "status": "In Review",
  "issuing_state": "KEN",
  "match_type": "partial_match",
  "validations": [
    {
      "outcome_code": "PARTIAL_MATCH",
      "service_id": "ken_national_id",
      "service_name": "Kenya National ID",
      "source_data": {
        "date_of_birth": "1990-01-01",
        "first_name": "John",
        "full_name": "John Doe",
        "identification_number": "SAMPLE-ID-12345",
        "last_name": "Doe",
        "name_match_score": "1.000",
        "verifications": {
          "date_of_birth": true,
          "full_name": false,
          "identification_number": true
        }
      },
      "validation": {
        "date_of_birth": "full_match",
        "full_name": "no_match",
        "identification_number": "full_match"
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "request_id": "req_01H…",
  "status": "Declined",
  "issuing_state": "KEN",
  "match_type": "no_match",
  "validations": [
    {
      "outcome_code": "NO_MATCH",
      "service_id": "ken_national_id",
      "service_name": "Kenya National ID",
      "source_data": {
        "date_of_birth": "NO_MATCH",
        "full_name": "NO_MATCH",
        "identification_number": "NO_MATCH"
      },
      "validation": {
        "date_of_birth": "no_match",
        "full_name": "no_match",
        "identification_number": "no_match"
      }
    }
  ]
}

POST

database-validation

curl -X POST "https://verification.didit.me/v3/database-validation/" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "issuing_state=KEN" \
  -F "services=ken_national_id" \
  -F "vendor_data=user-1234" \
  -F "first_name=John" \
  -F "last_name=Doe" \
  -F "date_of_birth=1990-01-01" \
  -F "national_id=SAMPLE-NID-12345"

{
  "request_id": "req_01H…",
  "status": "Approved",
  "issuing_state": "KEN",
  "match_type": "full_match",
  "validations": [
    {
      "outcome_code": "MATCH",
      "service_id": "ken_national_id",
      "service_name": "Kenya National ID",
      "source_data": {
        "date_of_birth": "1990-01-01",
        "first_name": "John",
        "full_name": "John Doe",
        "identification_number": "SAMPLE-ID-12345",
        "last_name": "Doe",
        "name_match_score": "1.000",
        "verifications": {
          "date_of_birth": true,
          "full_name": true,
          "identification_number": true
        }
      },
      "validation": {
        "date_of_birth": "full_match",
        "full_name": "full_match",
        "identification_number": "full_match"
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "request_id": "req_01H…",
  "status": "In Review",
  "issuing_state": "KEN",
  "match_type": "partial_match",
  "validations": [
    {
      "outcome_code": "PARTIAL_MATCH",
      "service_id": "ken_national_id",
      "service_name": "Kenya National ID",
      "source_data": {
        "date_of_birth": "1990-01-01",
        "first_name": "John",
        "full_name": "John Doe",
        "identification_number": "SAMPLE-ID-12345",
        "last_name": "Doe",
        "name_match_score": "1.000",
        "verifications": {
          "date_of_birth": true,
          "full_name": false,
          "identification_number": true
        }
      },
      "validation": {
        "date_of_birth": "full_match",
        "full_name": "no_match",
        "identification_number": "full_match"
      }
    }
  ]
}

{
  "request_id": "req_01H…",
  "status": "Declined",
  "issuing_state": "KEN",
  "match_type": "no_match",
  "validations": [
    {
      "outcome_code": "NO_MATCH",
      "service_id": "ken_national_id",
      "service_name": "Kenya National ID",
      "source_data": {
        "date_of_birth": "NO_MATCH",
        "full_name": "NO_MATCH",
        "identification_number": "NO_MATCH"
      },
      "validation": {
        "date_of_birth": "no_match",
        "full_name": "no_match",
        "identification_number": "no_match"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Verifies data against the National Registration Bureau. Didit exposes this service through POST /v3/database-validation/ so you can verify the submitted data against the authoritative source and receive normalized match results.

Coverage

Coverage: ~ 90%
Country: Kenya
Service ID: ken_national_id
Data domain: Identity
Category: NationalIDRegistry

Inputs

Field	Required	Example
`first_name`	Yes	`John`
`last_name`	Yes	`Doe`
`date_of_birth`	Yes	`1990-01-01`
`national_id`	Yes	`SAMPLE-NID-12345`
`vendor_data`	No	`user-1234`

Required inputs: first_name, last_name, date_of_birth, national_id
Optional inputs: vendor_data
Consent: Not required
Workflow availability: Available in workflow
Coverage: ~ 90%
Price: $3.15 per successful query

Body parameters

string

default:"KEN"

required

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for this database service.Example: KEN

string

default:"ken_national_id"

required

Array containing this service ID. Pinning the service keeps the request scoped to this exact database.Example: ken_national_id

string

default:"John"

required

Given name to validate.Example: John

string

default:"Doe"

required

Family name to validate.Example: Doe

string

default:"1990-01-01"

required

Date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format.Example: 1990-01-01

string

default:"SAMPLE-NID-12345"

required

National identity number for this service.Example: SAMPLE-NID-12345

string

default:"user-1234"

Your stable user reference for this person, such as your internal user ID. Didit uses it to link standalone checks to the same end user and reduce duplicate-detection noise.Example: user-1234

Input rules & validation notes

national_id must match \d{8,9}.

How to call it

curl -X POST "https://verification.didit.me/v3/database-validation/" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -F "issuing_state=KEN" \
  -F "services=ken_national_id" \
  -F "vendor_data=user-1234" \
  -F "first_name=John" \
  -F "last_name=Doe" \
  -F "date_of_birth=1990-01-01" \
  -F "national_id=SAMPLE-NID-12345"

Every successful call returns HTTP 200. The outcome_code field tells you what actually happened — distinguishing, for example, a real biometric mismatch (BIOMETRIC_NO_MATCH) from a selfie that could not be read (BIOMETRIC_IMAGE_UNUSABLE). The status shown is the default feature status; your configured Partial Match / No Match actions can override it.

MATCH — The registry confirmed the identity and every checked field matched.

{
  "request_id": "req_01H…",
  "status": "Approved",
  "issuing_state": "KEN",
  "match_type": "full_match",
  "validations": [
    {
      "outcome_code": "MATCH",
      "service_id": "ken_national_id",
      "service_name": "Kenya National ID",
      "source_data": {
        "date_of_birth": "1990-01-01",
        "first_name": "John",
        "full_name": "John Doe",
        "identification_number": "SAMPLE-ID-12345",
        "last_name": "Doe",
        "name_match_score": "1.000",
        "verifications": {
          "date_of_birth": true,
          "full_name": true,
          "identification_number": true
        }
      },
      "validation": {
        "date_of_birth": "full_match",
        "full_name": "full_match",
        "identification_number": "full_match"
      }
    }
  ]
}

PARTIAL_MATCH — The identification number was found but one or more personal fields (usually name or date of birth) did not fully match.

{
  "request_id": "req_01H…",
  "status": "In Review",
  "issuing_state": "KEN",
  "match_type": "partial_match",
  "validations": [
    {
      "outcome_code": "PARTIAL_MATCH",
      "service_id": "ken_national_id",
      "service_name": "Kenya National ID",
      "source_data": {
        "date_of_birth": "1990-01-01",
        "first_name": "John",
        "full_name": "John Doe",
        "identification_number": "SAMPLE-ID-12345",
        "last_name": "Doe",
        "name_match_score": "1.000",
        "verifications": {
          "date_of_birth": true,
          "full_name": false,
          "identification_number": true
        }
      },
      "validation": {
        "date_of_birth": "full_match",
        "full_name": "no_match",
        "identification_number": "full_match"
      }
    }
  ]
}

NO_MATCH — The registry returned no match for the submitted data.

{
  "request_id": "req_01H…",
  "status": "Declined",
  "issuing_state": "KEN",
  "match_type": "no_match",
  "validations": [
    {
      "outcome_code": "NO_MATCH",
      "service_id": "ken_national_id",
      "service_name": "Kenya National ID",
      "source_data": {
        "date_of_birth": "NO_MATCH",
        "full_name": "NO_MATCH",
        "identification_number": "NO_MATCH"
      },
      "validation": {
        "date_of_birth": "no_match",
        "full_name": "no_match",
        "identification_number": "no_match"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Returned data

The exact fields surfaced in source_data depend on what the registry returns. The generated example for ken_national_id currently documents this normalized shape:

date_of_birth
first_name
full_name
identification_number
last_name
name_match_score

Pricing & SLAs

Kenya National ID queries are billed only when Didit receives a conclusive result from the validation source.

Per-call price: $3.15 USD.
Billing: per successful query. You are not charged when the registry is unreachable, when required fields are missing, or when the request is rejected before reaching the source.
Latency: typical p95 < 2 s.
Availability: 99.9% per quarter on Didit’s side; downstream source availability varies by country and dataset.

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