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    The document describes the security features of Kenya's new electronic national identity card called the Maisha Card. The front of the card contains the cardholder's photo and personal details, as well as security markings like microlettering and ultraviolet ink prints. It uses polycarbonate material and secure artwork with a rainbow printing effect. The back contains a machine readable zone, embedded chip with biometrics and photo, holograms, and serial numbers. It has dual interface capability and security markings that can only be seen under ultraviolet light. The new card is more secure and will be valid for 10 years.

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    The document describes the security features of Kenya's new electronic national identity card called the Maisha Card. The front of the card contains the cardholder's photo and personal details, as well as security markings like microlettering and ultraviolet ink prints. It uses polycarbonate material and secure artwork with a rainbow printing effect. The back contains a machine readable zone, embedded chip with biometrics and photo, holograms, and serial numbers. It has dual interface capability and security markings that can only be seen under ultraviolet light. The new card is more secure and will be valid for 10 years.

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    Maisha Card

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    The document describes the security features of Kenya's new electronic national identity card called the Maisha Card. The front of the card contains the cardholder's photo and personal details, as well as security markings like microlettering and ultraviolet ink prints. It uses polycarbonate material and secure artwork with a rainbow printing effect. The back contains a machine readable zone, embedded chip with biometrics and photo, holograms, and serial numbers. It has dual interface capability and security markings that can only be seen under ultraviolet light. The new card is more secure and will be valid for 10 years.

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    THE 3RD GENERATION NATIONAL IDENTITY

    CARD

    ELECTRONIC ID CARD
    THE MAISHA CARD
    LOOK AND FEEL OF RECTO (FRONT SIDE)OF THE EID CARD

    VISUAL - NAKE EYE

    ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT


    FRONT SIDE (RECTO) SECURITY FEATURES
    • Card material - Polycarbonate (made up of 9 layers of PC sheets fused)

    • Lasts 10 years ++, Support laser engraving print technology and Colour photograph

    • Secure Artwork using Rainbow printing (Yellow to Green to Yellow effect)

    • Type of document - National Identity Card / Kitambulisho cha Taifa

    • ICAO logo - top right

    • ICAO compliant data arrangement as per Zones

    • Unique Personal Identifier (UPI) / ID Number

    8 Digits for current ID holders and

    14 digits for holders of UPI on attainment of 18 years.

    • Name segmented as Surname and Given Names

    • Nationality - KEN
    Cont… FRONT SIDE (RECTO) SECURITY FEATURES

    • Biographic data (Place of Birth , Date of birth, and sex)


    • Date of Expiry ( + 10 years after the date of issue)
    • Place of Issue
    • Micro lettering (Green pigment of the upper part of the central shield)
    • Micro lettering (red pigment of the mid part of the central shield)
    • Micro lettering (Green pigment of the either side of the photo area) - running from
    top to bottom
    • Maisha Namba logo with micro letters ‘ MAISHA NAMBA KENYA’S UNIQUE
    PERSONAL IDENTIFIER’
    • Holder’s Signature
    • Serial number of the card

    UVI PRINTING ON THE FRONT SIDE


    • Secure Ultra Violet ink print (UV) -
    • Kenyatta International Convention Centre(KICC),
    • Glowing star,
    • word “KENYA” and
    • Intertwined Ribbon
    LOOK AND FEEL OF VERSO (BACK SIDE) OF THE EID CARD

    VISUAL - ON NAKE EYE

    ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT


    BACK SIDE (VERSO) SECURITY FEATURES
    • Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) - ICAO standard compliant
    • Chip with card holder’s data including biometrics (fingerprints and photograph)
    • Dual Interface Card
    • Miniature Photo
    • Authority Signature
    • Silk printing / Optical Variable Ink - Shield of Kenya and letters G and K
    • Serial Number of the microchip card
    • Date of Issue
    • Rainbow printing of the secure artwork

    • Administrative units (Home particulars of the card holder)


    • Ultra Violet Inks prints - Hidden on base of the card. - ‘Coat of Arms and the words “KENYA’s

    UNIQUE Personal Identifier” inscribed’


    THANK YOU / ASANTE

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