World Number Plates

Number Plates of Kenya

Continent: Africa

Capital: Nairobi

Population: 33.8 million

Country ISO code: KE

Country OVAL code: EAK
(East Africa: Kenya)

Driving Side: Left

First license issued in 1938

Number of vehicles:
cars 133,000 (1989), trucks and buses 149,000 (1989)

Road information:
total: 63,942 km; paved: 7,737 km; unpaved: 56,205 km (2000)

Located in eastern Africa, Kenya is surrounded by Tanzania, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia. The northern plains cover most of the land area.

The current series of car registrations are on a white plate with black lettering and look quite similar to UK suffix style registrations. The format is LLL NNNL, where ‘L’ denotes a letter and ‘N’ denotes a digit. The older series of number plates were black with white or silver lettering. The rear plates in the older series of number plates were yellow and black lettering.