The red number plates seen on vehicles on our roads scream an embassy or UN car. The number that follows the initials “CD” (CD stands for Corps Diplomatique in French) indicate the embassy that the car belongs to. The order of those numbers denote the order in which those nations recognised Kenya’s independence, with Germany being the first.
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Below is a full list of the diplomatic red plate-number codes, indicating the countries or organisations they represent:
- 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 – Britain
- 23 CD – Liberia
- 24 CD – Israel
- 25 CD – Nigeria
- 26 CD – Ghana
- 27 CD – Netherlands
- 28 CD – Malawi
- 29 CD – United States of America (USA)
- 30 CD – Belgium
- 31 CD – Sweden
- 32 CD – Pakistan
- 33 CD – Poland
- 34 CD – 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 (A.U)
- 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 – Swaziland
- 59 CD – Sri Lanka
- 60 CD – Iraq
- 61 CD – Rwanda
- 62 UN – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
- 63 UN – 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 (Consulate)
- 77 CD – Bangladesh
- 78 CD – Saudi Arabia
- 79 UN – United Nations Centre for Human Settlements / UN-Habitat (UNCHS)
- 80 CD – Libya
- 81 CD – Ireland (Consulate)
- 82 CD – 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 (Consulate)
- 89 CD – Gabon (Consulate)
- 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)
- 115 CD – Ukraine
- 116 CD – Sahrawi
- 117 CD – Djibouti
- 118 CD – Sierra Leone
- 121 CD – South Sudan
- 123 CD – United Arab Emirates
