As many Kenyans turn up, the World Coin team has been advised to look for a bigger venue like the Kasarani and Nyayo stadium for the registration exercise.

This is after thousands of Kenyans waiting for their eyeballs to be scanned in the Worldcoin registration exercise were turned away from the Kenyatta International Convention Center(KICC) due to security concerns.

Kenyans lined up for the exercise were also turned away by the Worldcoin team, who said they would inform them of a different location before the exercise resumed on Wednesday.

Police are driving away several Kenyans who refuse to leave the area.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is a proponent of the worldwide blockchain initiative known as Worldcoin.

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After having their eyes scanned as part of the registration process, participants are issued 25 WLD tokens or Kes 7786.

After three years of development, Worldcoin, the digital identification platform co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has finally gained traction in Kenya.

The platform aims to provide everyone with a verified digital identity supported by a unique cryptocurrency token, Worldcoin (WLD) and crypto wallet software.

However, the crypto community has praised and criticized Worldcoin's novel solution, which depends on iris scanning for identity verification.