Vehicle number-plates in Kenya

No replies insulting me or anybody else please, if somebody doesn’t know, educate them.

With that being said, why are custom number-plates a luxury in Kenya only open to the wealthy? You’d think that the government making customization accessible to the millions of car owners in Kenya would be the smart move. It would obviously be at a reasonable premium over the current number-plates, let’s say if the current cost is Ksh 2,000 for normal plates, charge Ksh 5,000 for custom ones.
That should earn the government some extra revenue as well as giving people what they want,.
Win, win right?

The prestige is in their rarity and difficulty to obtain

how does one go about acquiring one?(a customized plate),requirements?

One time fee of one million to register then an annual fee of 50K

How many have been bought. How is it done in other countries?

There are very few in Kenya, the most famous one was the “Gathecha” one (RIP) . I have no idea how ity is done in other countries

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good deterrent

I can see that, but doesn’t the government have better priorities, like making money?
And you can still have levels to it, like a full name numberplate like the “Gathecha” one above can cost more, but simpler ones can cost less, e.g M0T0 KAL1 or something along those lines…

Yep, I see your point. But from a security point of view, the government would prefer a vast majority of cars on the road to have the generic easy to jot down and remember regular number plates.

Famous ni nini sasa? Never heard of this fella

replace famous with “common on Thika Road” maybe

More like “common in Juja”. That guy had really nice cars.

I still see that AMG and AUDI at Juja Capital Center but I think the plates were changed

That was his/their business. He is part of the larger Kenyatta family. Back then some of his relatives used to roll in Juja in a hummer SUV. Some really rude bastards.

Msedes itawekwa MERIA MATA wakipunguza bei

Wouldn’t be surprised he didn’t pay for it,just invoked family name akina @pamba wanakunja mkia!
That’s why I would also support the price being reduced.

Other countries though are able to do it and manage somehow…

I thought this ninja died in a road crash??

Reason why I included RIP in my comment

Yangu probox ntaweka SH3NZ1