Diplomatic missions
A CD registration uses the mission's assigned number, CD, an individual vehicle serial and the AK series. CD is the clearest signal that the vehicle belongs to a diplomatic mission or an entitled diplomatic representative.
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Kenya diplomatic number plate codes
Browse every verified code in our Kenya directory, then learn how to read the country or organisation number, the CD, UN or KX status marker and the remaining vehicle sequence.
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How to read a Kenyan CD plate
The first number identifies the diplomatic mission. The letters CD indicate diplomatic status, followed by the vehicle serial and the AK series. Kenya's regulations prescribe a red background with white or silver characters for this class of registration.
For example, identifying the mission is a two-step process: isolate the number before CD, then find that number in the directory below. Do not assume the number is an international country calling code—the allocation belongs to Kenya's diplomatic registration system.
29 CD 15 AK
29Mission code
CDDiplomatic status
15 AKVehicle + series
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Kenya diplomatic plate code directory
140 codes, countries and organisations1 CDGermany(DE)2 CDRussian Federation(RU)3 CDEthiopia(ET)4 CDChina(CN)5 CDNorway(NO)6 CDHungary(HU)7 CDEgypt(EG)8 CDSerbia(RS)9 CDItaly(IT)10 CDFrance(FR)11 CDSlovakia(SK)12 CDDenmark(DK)13 CDJapan(JP)14 CDSudan(SD)15 CDAustria(AT)16 CDIndia(IN)17 CDAustralia(AU)18 CDCanada(CA)
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19 CDHoly See (Vatican City)(VA)20 CDFinland(FI)21 CDSwitzerland(CH)22 CDUnited Kingdom(GB)23 CDLiberia(LR)24 CDIsrael(IL)25 CDNigeria(NG)26 CDGhana(GH)27 CDNetherlands(NL)28 CDMalawi(MW)29 CDUnited States(US)30 CDBelgium(BE)31 CDSweden(SE)32 CDPakistan(PK)33 CDPoland(PL)34 CDRepublic of Korea(KR)35 CDBulgaria(BG)36 CDGreece(GR)37 CDCuba(CU)38 CDKuwait(KW)39 CDSpain(ES)40 UNUnited Nations Development Programme(UNDP)41 UNWorld Health Organization(WHO)42 UNUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)43 UNInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)(WB)44 UNFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO)45 CDRomania(RO)46 CDThailand(TH)47 CDAfrican Union and its missions(AFU)48 CDColombia(CO)49 CDIndia(IN)50 CDSomalia(SO)51 CDBrazil(BR)52 CDTürkiye(TR)53 CDLesotho(LS)54 CDZambia(ZM)55 CDMadagascar(MG)56 CDMalaysia(MY)57 CDDemocratic Republic of the Congo(CD)58 CDEswatini(SZ)59 CDSri Lanka(LK)60 CDIraq(IQ)61 CDRwanda(RW)62 UNUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR)63 UNUnited Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF)64 CDIran(IR)65 CDCyprus(CY)66 CDArgentina(AR)67 UNUnited Nations Information Centre(UNIC)68 CDPhilippines(PH)69 CDBurundi(BI)70 CDChile(CL)71 CDOman(OM)72 CDLeague of Arab States(LAS)73 CDEuropean Union(EU)74 CDYemen(YE)75 CDKenya Mission to the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP)76 CDCôte d'Ivoire (Consulate)(CI)77 CDBangladesh(BD)78 CDSaudi Arabia(SA)79 UNUnited Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)(UN-HABITAT)80 CDLibya(LY)81 CDIreland (Consulate)(IE)82 UNUnited Nations Human Settlements Programme (Kenya Mission)(UN-HABITAT)83 CDAlgeria(DZ)84 CDPalestine(PS)85 CDUganda(UG)86 CDMexico(MX)87 CDMorocco(MA)88 CDCosta Rica (Consulate)(CR)89 CDGabon (Consulate)(GA)90 UNUnited Nations Children's Fund (Kenya Mission)(UNICEF)91 CDIndonesia(ID)92 CDPortugal(PT)93 CDVenezuela(VE)94 CDZimbabwe(ZW)95 UNInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO)96 CDAsian Development Bank(ADB)97 CDTanzania(TZ)99 CDPeru(PE)100 UNInternational Finance Corporation(IFC)101 UNUnited Nations Environment Programme (Norwegian Mission)(UNEP)102 CDMozambique(MZ)103 CDSouth Africa(ZA)104 CDEritrea(ER)105 UNUnited Nations Office at Nairobi(UNON)106 CDCzech Republic(CZ)106 UNInternational Organization for Migration(IOM)107 CDInternational Monetary Fund(IMF)110 CDBotswana High Commission(BW)110 UNUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization(UNIDO)111 UNJoint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS(UNAIDS)112 UNInternational Fund for Agricultural Development(IFAD)113 UNUnited Nations Office for Project Services(UNOPS)114 UNUnited Nations Resident Coordinator(UNRCO)115 CDUkraine(UA)115 UNUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Regional Office for Eastern Africa(UNODC)116 CDSahrawi Arab Democratic Republic(EH)116 UNUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs(OCHA)117 CDDjibouti(DJ)117 UNUN Women(UN-WOMEN)118 CDSierra Leone(SL)118 UNUnited Nations Support Office in Somalia(UNSOS)119 CDSovereign Order of Malta(ORDER-OF-MALTA)119 UNOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights(OHCHR)120 CDRepublic of the Congo(CG)121 CDSouth Sudan(SS)122 CDInternational Criminal Court(ICC)123 CDUnited Arab Emirates(AE)124 CDQatar(QA)125 CDSenegal(SN)126 CDAngola(AO)127 CDAfrican Development Bank(AFDB)128 CDJordan(JO)129 CDBurkina Faso(BF)130 CDTunisia(TN)131 CDBelarus(BY)132 CDPalestine(PS)133 CDCameroon (Consulate)(CM)134 CDBarbados(BB)135 CDAzerbaijan(AZ)136 CDIntergovernmental Authority on Development(IGAD)
Directory context: each code belongs to the issuing system shown above. A matching number in another country can identify a different mission or organisation.
Registration categories
CD, UN and KX plates are related—but not interchangeable
The letters describe the legal category of the vehicle and its entitled owner. That matters because Nairobi hosts a large diplomatic community as well as major United Nations offices and international organisations.
United Nations
UN registrations are reserved for qualifying United Nations vehicles. Kenya's rules also recognise special formats for senior UN offices, including UNON leadership and designated UN numbers.
International organisations
KX registrations identify eligible international or regional organisations. The organisation number is followed by A for an organisation-owned vehicle or B for an entitled staff member's vehicle.
Format details
What each Kenya plate sequence tells you
Diplomatic missions
The prescribed sequence is the mission code, CD, vehicle serial and AK. The mission number is the useful lookup key; the later number distinguishes vehicles within that mission.
United Nations offices
The standard UN sequence uses an assigned code, UN, a serial and AK. Kenya's regulations also list special official formats such as UNON DG, UN 001, UN 002 and a protocol registration represented as 000 PR UN 00.
International and regional organisations
KX is paired with an organisation number. A final Aidentifies the organisation's own vehicle, while B identifies a vehicle owned by an entitled staff member.
Visual plate decoder
The same code can mean something different in every country
Diplomatic identifiers are assigned by the host country. Read the format before searching the code.
Switzerland · Geneva example
CDGE011·03
Diplomatic statusCantonVehicle serialEntity code
On a Swiss plate, the number after the separator identifies the represented country or international organisation. Here, 03 identifies WHO.
Kenya · diplomatic mission example
29CD042AK
Mission codeDiplomatic classVehicle serialKenya series
On a Kenyan diplomatic plate, the leading number identifies the mission. Here, 29 CD identifies the United States.
Illustrations are format guides, not photographs of a specific registered vehicle.
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Common questions
Kenya diplomatic plate FAQ
What do red number plates mean in Kenya?
In this context, red plates with white or silver characters identify diplomatic, United Nations or qualifying international-organisation registrations. Read the status letters as well as the numeric code; colour alone does not identify a specific embassy.
Does a Kenya CD code equal a phone country code?
No. It is an allocation within Kenya's diplomatic vehicle-registration system. Find the exact number shown before CD in the directory instead of comparing it with international calling codes.
Why can the same organisation have several vehicles?
The first code identifies the mission or organisation; another element in the registration is a vehicle serial. That lets one entitled entity register multiple vehicles without changing its identifying mission code.
How current is this directory?
All 140 Kenya entries shown here are marked verified in the CD Plates dataset. Allocations and representation can still change, so treat the directory as an identification aid rather than proof of a vehicle's present legal status.
Sources and methodology
Built as a useful directory, not an official vehicle record
The format explanations follow Kenya's Traffic (Registration Plates) Rules. The searchable country and organisation mapping is maintained in the CD Plates dataset and manually checked against public diplomatic and organisational records. IGO Jobs is independent and is not a Kenyan government, diplomatic or United Nations service.