Verdict
uonbi.ac.ke appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | Official University of Nairobi informational page listing faculties, departments, institutes, programmes, research activities, news, events and contact details. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 26 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 20005000 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YR1 | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2000.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
The website is an institutional University of Nairobi portal presenting information on faculties, academic departments, programmes, research activities, admissions, news, events, student services, and official contact channels. Its apparent purpose is to provide public university information and support institutional engagement rather than to sell financial products or operate a high-risk transaction service.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The available evidence is consistent with an established university website: the public content has an institutional education purpose, contains substantial academic and administrative material, and shows no indicators of phishing, brand impersonation, malicious content, or deceptive financial mechanics. External reputation checks were clean, with no confirmed blacklist or malicious-file findings recorded. The long-running domain and continuous historical presence further support provenance, although they do not independently prove the real-world operator’s identity.
- The homepage identifies an established university information service covering faculties, departments, programmes, research, admissions, news, and contact information.
- The domain was registered on 2003-02-12 and is approximately 23.51 years old.
- Historical records show 5,000 snapshots spanning 2000–2026, covering 27 tracked years.
- External reputation checks recorded 0 malicious and 0 suspicious detections, with no blacklist or phishing finding.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site presents an apparently legitimate public-university identity and an education-focused business model. No financial or other regulated-service licence is indicated in the supplied page evidence; this is a disclosure and verification matter rather than evidence of scam activity. The operator identity is not independently verified, so the on-page institutional identity should be treated as evidence-consistent rather than conclusive. The site’s academic-domain context and established institutional content are supportive signals, while the certificate provides transport security but only domain-level validation.
- The site’s institutional pages describe University of Nairobi faculties, programmes, research activities, admissions, and services rather than a regulated financial offering.
- The site is served from AS36914, Kenya Education Network - Kenya Education Network, KE.
- The site’s TLS certificate is issued by YR1, uses DV validation, and is valid to 2026-11-08T06:59:56+00:00.
- The domain registrar is Kenya Education Network, with an expiration date of 2026-12-31.
What to Verify Next
Before credential submission, admissions payments, donations, or other consequential interactions, an organization should independently confirm that the relevant institutional contact channel and payment destination correspond to the University of Nairobi through an offline or independently sourced route. Where a transaction involves a regulated service or financial intermediary, the applicable Kenyan authority and current authorization should be checked directly. Payment-protection terms, refund conditions, and the official admissions or service process should also be reviewed before funds are transferred.
- The admissions and institutional-services content identifies the types of interactions for which official contact and payment-channel confirmation may be relevant.
- The contact information presented by the site provides a basis for cross-checking through an independently sourced institutional channel.
- The supplied analysis found no sensitive form, untrusted form destination, wallet-connect activity, or phishing indicator on the reviewed page.
Summary Verdict
Available evidence is consistent with an established, apparently legitimate website with a high-trust and low-risk posture. The site’s apparent legitimacy is well supported by converging content, provenance, infrastructure, and external-reputation signals, but the real-world operator identity remains independently unverified.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site resolves directly to infrastructure operated by Kenya Education Network in Kenya, with no CDN or WAF detected and one likely origin address. This provides a coherent hosting attribution, although the absence of an intermediary protection layer means the hosting arrangement itself should be treated as context and mitigation rather than proof of legitimacy.
Closing Assessment
Normal informational use is proportionate to the assessment; credentials, payments, and other consequential actions should proceed only after ordinary independent confirmation of the institutional channel, applicable terms, and payment protections.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-13 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 55/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 60% |
- Identity verified on page
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of uonbi.ac.ke.
- The request stayed on uonbi.ac.ke. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Kenya Education Network. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by or.ke, across 3 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2026-12-31. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2000-08-16. Clear
- It is hosted on Kenya Education Network, from a server in KE. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Kenya Education Network |
|---|---|
| Hosting | Kenya Education Network - Kenya Education Network, KE |
| Country | KE |
| Server IP | 41.204.161.206 |
| Name servers | ns1.kenet.or.ke, ns2.kenet.or.ke, ns3.kenet.or.ke |
| SSL issuer | YR1 |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-08 |
| Domain age | 25.99 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2026-12-31 |
| Archive first seen | 2000-08-16 |
| Archive snapshots | 5000 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about uonbi.ac.ke at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.