Republic of Kenya · Kenya Ports Authority
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PortPass
Kenya Ports Authority
Sovereign-grade port access platform
The new standard for
port identity & access.
PortPass unifies applicant onboarding, multi-agency verification, biometric enrolment, gate intelligence and security operations into one auditable platform — engineered for the scale of world-class ports.
7
Government APIs
<1.4s
Gate scan latency
256-bit
AES at rest
99.98%
Verified uptime
Staff secure access
Authenticate & continue
Look at the camera. Liveness check active.
Select role to sign in
Staff use Face ID, fingerprint or passcode (WebAuthn / FIDO2). Applicants sign in via eCitizen. All sessions audit-logged under Kenya DPA 2019.
Capabilities
One platform.
Every touchpoint.
Identity & Onboarding
Applicants, companies, vendors, contractors and foreigners — guided enrolment with consent capture and encrypted document vault.
Multi-Agency Verification
Orchestrated API calls to IPRS, DCI, NTSA, BRS, Immigration, KRA, eCitizen with a unified risk score.
Biometric Enrolment
Scheduled capture sessions, slot management and chain-of-custody for permanent pass issuance.
Payments & Approvals
Configurable fee schedules, Finance Officer queue, M-Pesa and card reconciliation, exportable revenue.
Gate Intelligence
Sub-second QR / RFID scan, instant verdict, deny-with-reason captured to the immutable audit trail.
Facial Recognition
Live alerts on blacklisted persons across the estate, with confidence scoring and escalation.
ANPR Vehicle Watch
Number-plate recognition matched against the vehicle blacklist with severity-graded response.
Sovereign Audit
Append-only audit logs, RBAC for eight officer roles, and DPA-2019 compliant data residency.
Connected agencies
IPRSDCINTSABRSImmigrationKRAeCitizenInterpol