Consent-based ID verification · Kenya
Hakiki confirms any Kenyan national ID against official records in about two minutes — and only after the person replies YES to an SMS. Consent-first, Data Protection Act compliant, paid with M-Pesa.
No YES, no check. That's the whole point.
How it works
You could spend a week asking around about someone. Or you could know in the time it takes to make chai.
Type the person's full name, national ID number and phone number. Takes about thirty seconds — from your phone, no app download needed.
Hakiki texts them exactly who is asking and why. Nothing happens until they reply YES. If they decline or ignore it, the check never runs — and you're automatically refunded.
ID validity and name match, checked against official government records. Saved to your dashboard with a consent receipt you can attach to a lease or contract.
Made for Kenyan trust decisions
Hakiki fits the moments where Kenyans hand over keys, stock, money — or the front door of their home.
A prospective tenant says he's David Otieno, works in Upper Hill, and can pay the deposit today. Hakiki confirms the ID is genuine and the name matches — before he moves into your apartment in Ruaka.
"Deposit ni deposit, lakini ID lazima ikubali."
Your new nanny starts Monday and will be alone with your children by Tuesday. Verify her ID tonight — with her consent — and file the receipt with her contract. She'll respect that you're serious.
"An agency said they'd vetted her. Hakiki showed me the proof."
A friend-of-a-friend joins your investment group's WhatsApp. Everyone contributes KES 5,000 monthly. Verify each new member before the merry-go-round starts — so nobody disappears with round one.
"Chama ya watu verified ni chama ya amani."
Pay-on-delivery order from a new customer: KES 38,000 of stock headed to the CBD. Verify the buyer first, so "mtu wa kuchukua" is a real person with a real ID — not a burner line.
"Since I started verifying, zero fake orders."
Self-drive hire to a first-time client for a weekend trip to Naivasha. Confirm the ID matches the person taking your vehicle — and keep the verification receipt with the hire agreement.
"The car is insured. Now the client is verified too."
Staffing agencies and HR teams run the same consent-first checks at scale through the Hakiki API — built straight into your onboarding flow, with bulk M-Pesa billing.
"One API call. One SMS. One clean hire."
One price · Lipa na M-Pesa
One fake ID can cost you a deposit, a month's stock, or a chama's savings. A Hakiki check costs less than fuel to go vet someone in person.
No subscription. No commitment. Pay only when you need to know.
Verifying many people, or need an API? Talk to us →
Lipa na M-Pesa · STK push at checkout · No card required, ever.
Maswali
Then nothing happens. The check never runs, no data is pulled, and your M-Pesa payment is refunded automatically. Consent isn't a checkbox for us — it's the ignition key.
Whether the national ID is valid and active, whether the name you entered matches official records, the timestamp of consent, and a reference number. You don't see photos, addresses, or anything beyond what the decision needs.
Hakiki is built around the Data Protection Act, 2019: verification runs on the person's explicit consent, collects the minimum data necessary, and keeps an auditable consent trail for both parties.
Kenyan national IDs today. Alien IDs and passports are on the roadmap — tell us what your business needs and we'll prioritise accordingly.
Yes — that's deliberate. The consent SMS names the requester, and the person can later request a record of who verified them and when. Transparency both ways is what makes people comfortable saying YES.
Anza leo
Trust, but verify. Your first check takes two minutes and costs KES 100 — a fraction of what one wrong stranger can cost you.
Run your first check