Integrated Population Registration Service

The Directorate of Population Registration Services is mandated to manage, maintain and operate the Maisha Integrated Population register and co-ordinate the implementation of Integrated Population Registration Services. The overall objective of the Maisha Integrated Population register is to collect data from Primary, Secondary and Tertiary registration agencies and to avail the data collected from a central repository registry for use by both the public and private entities for authentication services.

The Maisha Integrated Population Register is the cornerstone for initiatives such as electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) verification, enabling seamless interactions between citizens, government agencies, financial institutions, and other stakeholders. It is a key enabler for secure identity management and the foundation for digital transformation in Kenya.

To establish a unified and reliable national population register by integrating information from various population registration agencies,with a primary role of facilitating accurate identity verification and support government and private sector service delivery, ensuring efficiency, security, and accessibility in identity management and population data utilization.

Ms. Judith Kilobi, OGW, is the Secretary of the Integrated Population Registration Services (IPRS), effective 1^st September 2025. She has over three decades of expertise in primary population registration and legal identity systems, and population data management and analysis having held various key leadership and management positions in the Directorate of Civil Registration Services. These include Regional Coordination of civil registration; Director of Statistics, Planning, Strategy and Partnership, where she played a key role in coordination of registration, strategy formulation and planning, management and analysis of population data and resource mobilization from partners.

Ms. Kilobi holds a Master of Arts in Population Studies from the University of Nairobi, equipping her with advanced skills in population matters and strategic planning, and a Bachelor of Arts from Egerton University, plus a certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Program, and Senior Management Course from the Kenya School of Government, among other qualifications. Her career reflects a steadfast commitment to enhancing Kenya’s population registration framework to support population data analysis, secure identity management and seamless service delivery.

In her career, Ms. Kilobi has participated in numerous training programs and workshops at both international and national levels, focusing on strengthening population registration and analysis. Her expertise and dedication to improved registration and service delivery have earned her recognition, Order of the Golden Warrior (OGW).

• Creating, maintaining, and administering the National Population Register as a single point of truth on the identity of individuals
• Updating of information from Primary Registration Agencies
• Establish a framework for sharing information and population data by various registration agencies and for other uses
• Operations and maintenance of an appropriate ICT infrastructure for the Register
• Ensuring National Population data integrity and confidentiality by employing secure transmission, storage, and usage measures

The service offered is identity verification. The following are the requirements for access to IPRS service:

• Letter of Intent addressed  to the Secretary IPRS
• Duly signed MOU by both parties
• KRA Tax Compliance Certificate
• Business Permit
• Data Protection Compliance Certificate
• Evidence of Statutory Deductions
• Business Registration Certificate
• Information Security and Privacy Policy Statements. 

The service charges consist of a connection fee of Ksh. 50,000 and a verification fee of Ksh. 20 per hit.

The connectivity period for end-to-end integration is typically 7 days.