Diplomatic number plates in Kenya have very distinct red plates with a specific number allocated to a country plus the letters ‘CD’. CD stands for Chartered Diplomat. The car number plates are assigned to countries with embassies in Kenya in the order in which they recognized Kenya’s independence. Germany (back then, West Germany) was the first country to recognize Kenya’s sovereignty, so they have the diplomatic plate 1 CD.
An illustration of a diplomatic number plate in Kenya is 6 CD 18 K, where 6 is the code for the given diplomatic country, while the 18 is allocated by the embassy, relying on the rank of the car owner in the embassy, then the end is K which stands for the embassy which is located in Kenya.UN bodies likewise have diplomatic plates in Kenya.
Here is the list of diplomatic number plates in Kenya.
- 1 CD – Germany
- 2 CD – Russian Federation
- 3 CD – Ethiopia
- 4 CD – China
- 5 CD – Norway
- 6 CD – Hungary
- 7 CD – Egypt
- 8 CD – Serbia
- 9 CD – Italy
- 10 CD – France
- 11 CD – Slovakia
- 12 CD – Denmark
- 13 CD – Japan
- 14 CD – Sudan
- 15 CD – Austria
- 16 CD – India
- 17 CD – Australia
- 18 CD – Canada
- 19 CD – Holy See (The Vatican)
- 20 CD – Finland
- 21 CD – Switzerland
- 22 CD – United Kingdom
- 23 CD – Liberia
- 24 CD – Israel
- 25 CD – Nigeria
- 26 CD – Ghana
- 27 CD – Netherlands
- 28 CD – Malawi
- 29 CD – United States of America
- 30 CD – Belgium
- 31 CD – Sweden
- 32 CD – Pakistan
- 33 CD – Poland
- 34 CD – South Korea
- 35 CD – Bulgaria
- 36 CD – Greece
- 37 CD – Cuba
- 38 CD – Kuwait
- 39 CD – Spain
- 40 UN – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- 41 UN – World Health Organization (WHO)
- 42 UN – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- 43 UN – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (The World Bank)
- 44 UN – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- 45 UN – World Food Programme (WFP)
- 45 CD – Romania
- 46 CD – Thailand
- 47 CD – The African Union (AU)
- 48 CD – Colombia
- 49 CD – India
- 50 CD – Somalia
- 51 CD – Brazil
- 52 CD – Turkey
- 53 CD – Lesotho
- 54 CD – Zambia
- 55 CD – Madagascar
- 56 CD – Malaysia
- 57 CD – D.R. Congo (DRC)
- 58 CD – Eswatini
- 59 CD – Sri Lanka
- 60 CD – Iraq
- 61 CD – Rwanda
- 62 UN – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
- 63 UN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Eastern & Southern African Regional Office
- 64 CD – Iran
- 65 CD – Cyprus
- 66 CD – Argentina
- 67 UN – United Nations Information Centre (UNIC)
- 68 CD – Philippines
- 69 CD – Burundi
- 70 CD – Chile
- 71 CD – Oman
- 72 CD – League of Arab States/Arab League
- 73 CD – European Union
- 74 CD – Yemen
- 75 CD – Kenya Mission to UNEP
- 76 CD – Côte d’Ivoire
- 77 CD – Bangladesh
- 78 CD – Saudi Arabia
- 79 UN – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
- 80 CD – Libya
- 81 CD – Ireland (Consulate)
- 82 CD – The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements/UN-Habitat (Kenya Mission)
- 83 CD – Algeria
- 84 CD – Palestine
- 85 CD – Uganda
- 86 CD – Mexico
- 87 CD – Morocco
- 88 CD – Costa Rica
- 89 CD – Gabon
- 90 UN – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Kenya Country Office
- 91 CD – Indonesia
- 92 CD – Portugal
- 93 CD – Venezuela
- 94 CD – Zimbabwe
- 95 CD – International Civil Aviation Organization (I.C.A.O)
- 96 CD – Asian Development Bank
- 97 CD – Tanzania
- 99 CD – Peru
- 100 CD – International Finance Corporation (I.F.C)
- 101 CD – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Norwegian Mission
- 102 CD – Mozambique
- 103 CD – South Africa
- 104 CD – Eritrea
- 105 UN – United Nations Office in Nairobi (UNON)
- 106 CD – Czech Republic
- 107 CD – The Aga Khan
- 108 UN – UNFPA
- 110 UN – UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization)
- 112 UN – International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- 113 UN – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
- 115 CD – Ukraine
- 116 CD – Sahrawi
- 117 CD – Djibouti
- 118 CD – Sierra Leone
- 121 CD – South Sudan
- 123 CD – United Arab Emirates
