Kenya needs unified identity registration

In Kenya, as in many parts of the world, national identity has become a key product of modern nationalism. The ability to prove your identity is critical for access to public services and exercise of legal rights.

Kenya has a well-established national identification (ID) system, where a national ID card is the mainstay of daily life. The greatest weakness with Kenya’s identity ecosystem, however, remains in the fact that the two identity modes — the foundational and functional systems — have very little interoperability.