Kenya Vehicle Number Plates Meaning
👉 1.Civilian Vehicle Number Plates
Public vehicles are the common vehicles in Kenyan roads and commonly used by citizens. Their plates have a white oblong number plate on the front bumper and a yellow oblong or square number plate on the rear bumper.
The numbering begins with K.. written in black against a white or yellow background.
👉2. Government of Kenya – GK Plates
Government of Kenya plates denotes vehicles owned by the government like police cars.
👉3. County Government Vehicles
County government vehicles have a unique numbering for precise identification. The format for county government plates is:
Two numbers-two letters-three numbers-one letter
For instance: 47 CG 456A
47 – County Code
CG – County Government
👉 4. County Governors Vehicles
Certainly the format is unique for Governors vehicles only. It follows the format: GVN 37A
Where: GVN – denotes Governor
037 – denotes county code, in this case 37 for Kakamega
👉5. Parastatals and Government Institutions
This are organizations or institutions under the government of Kenya including commissions’, companies, hospitals, public schools, universities and colleges under the administration of the government.
Besides the number plates of these vehicles are similar to civilian vehicles; however the difference is in the background. The generation plates are in white color written on a dark blue background.
👉6. Customized Number Plate
A vehicle has a right to customize customized number plates at huge fee. Identically it will cost you up to 1 million Kenyan Shillings to make a customized number plate with a unique name on it.
👉7. Diplomatic Number Plate
These are specific vehicles belonging to foreign embassies based Kenya. Also, diplomatic number plates are given to embassies as a symbol of recognition to Kenya as an Independent state. Evidently they are written in white color against a red background
e.g. : 99 CD 19 K
99 – code for specific country
CD – chartered diplomat
K – Shows country where embassy is based, in this case Kenya
👉8. International NGO’s
Presently, International Non-governmental organizations have a unique category of number plates numbering written against a red background and start with KX.
For instance, KX 05 D 59
KX – denoting international NGO
05 D – denoting specific NGO and rank of the officer
👉9. Kenya Defense Forces – KDF
Kenya Defense Forces have a unique plate numbering that adheres to international numbering while on their missions. Unlike other government and parastatal agencies, KDF vehicle plates do not begin with GK.
👉10. Trailer Plates
If you have been keen, you must have noticed that trailers have a unique plate numbering from the engine truck. Equally important, It is because a trailer can haul various trailers continually. Plates are uniquely written in yellow colour and begin with Z followed by numerical numbers.
👉11. Motorbikes and Tuktuk
Motorbikes, Tuktuks and any other special kind of vehicles have a unique plate with a yellow background written with four letter plates black in color.
NB:
Did you know that the shape of a number plate depends on whether a vehicle is new or used? Vehicles from a showroom with zero mileage have a rear rectangle shaped number plate with numbers written across the whole plate. Lastly, imported second-hand vehicles have a square rear number plate with numbers written in two rows.
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