Note: Kenya
recently underwent a series of numbering plan changes as detailed below.
Phase 1: Effective
30 June 2002, mobile prefix for Safaricom changed from 72 to 722.
Phase 2: Effective 7 December 2002, area codes were standardized to two
digits. See below.
Phase 3: Effective 30 July 2003, phone numbers were standardized to seven
digits in Nairobi and Mombasa.
| City | Previous Code |
New Code |
Anmer |
154 |
25 |
Bungoma |
337 |
55 |
| Diani | 127 | 12 |
Eldoret |
321 |
53 |
| Embu | 161 | 68 |
| Garissa | 131 | 46 |
Gigiri |
2 |
20 |
| Homa Bay | 385 | 59 |
Kabete |
2 |
20 |
| Kajiado | 301 | 45 |
Kakamega |
331 |
56 |
| Karuri | 154 | 66 |
Kericho |
361 |
52 |
| Kilfi | 125 | 12 |
| Kisii | 381 | 58 |
Kisumu |
35 |
57 |
Kitale |
325 |
54 |
| Kwale | 127 | 40 |
| Lamu | 121 | 12 |
| Machakos | 145 | 44 |
| Malindi | 123 | 42 |
| Marsabit | 183 | 69 |
| Meru | 164 | 64 |
Mombasa |
11 |
41 |
| Murang'a | 156 | 60 |
Nairobi |
2 |
20 |
| Naivasha | 311 | 50 |
| Nanyuki | 176 | 62 |
Nakuru |
37 |
51 |
| Nyahururu | 365 | 65 |
| Nyeri | 171 | 61 |
Thika |
151 |
67 |
Uthiru |
2 |
20 |
| Voi | 147 | 43 |