Useful facts
Embassies and consulates
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website has an interactive map showing the Kenyan diplomatic missions abroad. On the "main links" section at the left on the Ministry's home page there is a menu linking to contacts of foreign missions in Kenya. You can also find a list of diplomatic missions in Kenya in Yellow Pages Kenya.
Post
Posta (Postal Corporation of Kenya)
Posta House, off Kenyatta Avenue
P. O. Box 34567 GPO
Nairobi, 00100 Kenya
Tel: 020 3242000 / 020 3243000 / 020 3242600
Cell: 0 734 108 120 / 0 734 108 100
www.posta.co.ke
Public holidays
- 1st January: New Year's Day.
- Good Friday.
- Easter Monday.
- End of Ramadhan (Idd-ul-Fitr).
- 1st May: Labour Day.
- 1st June: Madaraka Day (commemorates self-rule).
- 20th October: Mashujaa Day (commemorates heroes).
- 12th December: Jamhuri Day (commemorates independence).
- 25th December: Christmas Day.
- 26th December: Boxing Day.
How to make phone calls
- From abroad to Kenya: (your int'l code) + 254 + area code + phone number
- From abroad to a cellular in Kenya: (your int'l code) + 254 + phone number (starts with 7)
- Abroad from Kenya: 000 + country code +...
- From Kenya to Kenya:
- Within the same area / city: phone number
- To a different area / city: 0 + area code + phone number
- To a cellular: 0 + phone number (starts with 7)
- Area codes:
- Eldoret: 53
- Kisumu: 57
- Machakos: 44
- Meru: 64
- Mombasa: 41
- Nairobi: 20
- Nakuru: 51
- Nanyuki: 62
- Nyeri: 61
Useful numbers
- Emergencies: 999 and 112
- Police toll-free number: 0800 720002
- 24hr tourist helplines by Kenya Tourism Federation:
020 6004767
020 8001000
0 722 745 645
0 738 617 499
020 2679838
- AMREF Flying Doctors 24hr Emergency Control Centre:
Tel: 020 6992299 / 020 6992000 / 020 315454 / 020 315455 / 020 6002492
Mobile: 0 733 639 088 / 0 736 359 362 / 0 722 314 239
Fax: 020 344170 / 020 6000665
Radio Frequencies: HF: 9116kHz LSB / 5796 kHz LSB
Call Sign: Foundation Control
Email: emergency@flydoc.org
- Automobile Association of Kenya emergency numbers:
Tel: 020 2525349 / 020 2612300 / 020 2612311
Mobile: 0 720 261 576 / 0 720 227 267 / 0 734 611 049
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