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Environmental & Political News Weblog. Kenya May Adopt Third Generation Number Plates This Year
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1278:Seychelles
1243:Mozambique
1228:Mauritania
1213:Madagascar
1168:The Gambia
1103:Cape Verde
983:2024-03-28
948:23.08.2007
936:23.08.2007
920:2012-10-16
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247:2007-2014
230:1989-2007
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1333:Zimbabwe
1308:Tanzania
1158:Ethiopia
1153:Eswatini
1133:Djibouti
1098:Cameroon
1083:Botswana
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1391:(Spain)
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1318:Tunisia
1288:Somalia
1273:Senegal
1258:Nigeria
1248:Namibia
1238:Morocco
1203:Liberia
1198:Lesotho
1148:Eritrea
1118:Comoros
1093:Burundi
1068:Algeria
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142:Nairobi
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1328:Zambia
1323:Uganda
1263:Rwanda
1218:Malawi
1178:Guinea
1073:Angola
1008:26 Feb
435:NGO -
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1383:Ceuta
1303:Sudan
1253:Niger
1208:Libya
1193:Kenya
1173:Ghana
1163:Gabon
1138:Egypt
1078:Benin
343:47 CG
156:Kenya
49:Kenya
1313:Togo
1223:Mali
1113:Chad
1010:2022
430:KTWC
423:KHMA
416:KMCA
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