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    The Kenya Army is the land arm of the Kenya Defence Forces. The origin of the present day Kenya Army lie with the British Army's King's African Rifles...
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    The Commander, Kenya Army is the chief and highest-ranking officer of the Kenya Army The current commander is Lieutenant general David Kimaiyo Tarus Freeland...
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    arms) are the armed forces of the Republic of Kenya. They are made up of the Kenya Army, Kenya Navy, and Kenya Air Force. The current KDF was established...
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    The units of the Kenya Army Infantry are the principal fighting arms of the Kenya Army. The primary mission of the Infantry formations is to fight and...
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  • officers and enlisted personnel. Mathews, L. L. (1979). "Kenya". In Keegan, John (ed.). World armies. Sandhurst: Royal Military Academy. p. 402. ISBN 9780871964076...
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    The Army Special Operations Brigade is a special forces unit of the Kenyan Army, tasked with airborne operations, commando raids, reconnaissance, counter-insurgency...
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    Service Commander, comprising the CDF, the Commander of the Kenya Army and Kenya Air Force, Kenya Navy and the Commandant of Military Intelligence. The CDF...
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    The British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) is a training support unit of the British Army located in Kenya. On 3 June 1964, Duncan Sandys, Secretary...
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    The Kenya Army Band is the primary military musical unit in the Kenya Army and by extension Kenya Defence Forces. From independence it was the only band...
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  • This is the Kenya Army formation dedicated towards providing artillery support to infantry and mechanized units in the army. The Kenya Army Artillery Brigade...
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  • The Kenya Army Armoured Brigade is the formation tasked with conducting operations against enemy armour along with close support to infantry units in military...
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    Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa. With a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019...
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  • The mission of the Kenya Army Engineers Brigade is to support the Kenya Army in defence of the country against external aggression and to aid civil authority...
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    Forces Operations Command. The Army has the largest number of these units under the Army Special Operations Brigade (Kenya) containing the 20th Parachute...
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    1st Kenya Rifles is an infantry battalion of the Kenya Army. It is a descendant of the pre-independence Kenya British Army formation the Kings African...
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    Robert Kariuki Kibochi (category Personnel of the Kenya Army)
    was the first non-infantry officer from the Kenya Army to be appointed CDF as a member of the Kenya Army Corps of Signals, the military personnel responsible...
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  • Mahamoud Mohamed (category Personnel of the Kenya Army)
    Maxamed) is a former Kenyan military commander, and was Chief of General Staff of the Kenyan military and Commander Kenya Army. Mohamed was born to an...
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    Peter Mbogo Njiru (category Personnel of the Kenya Army)
    Njiru, is a Kenyan military officer, who serves as the Commander, Kenya Army, since July 2022. The Kenya Army is a service branch of the Kenya Defence Forces...
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    Walter Raria (category Personnel of the Kenya Army)
    Raria, is a Kenyan military officer. Between July 2018 and July 2022, he served as the Commander Kenya Army, a service branch of the Kenya Defence Forces...
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    Jeremiah Kianga (category Personnel of the Kenya Army)
    Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga (born 1950) is a former Kenyan Army Commander and Chief of the General Staff. He is known for having introduced the principle...
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  • The Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as the Mau Mau, was a Kenyan insurgent group which fought against British colonial rule in Kenya during...
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    Jackson Mulinge (category Personnel of the Kenya Army)
    operations during the Shifta War. He was promoted as Deputy Commander of the Kenya Army on 28 November 1966 where he further distinguished himself during the...
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  • Daniel Opande (category Personnel of the Kenya Army)
    is a retired Kenyan military officer, who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in the Kenyan Army. He is a graduate of the British Army's Mons Officer...
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    uprising, Mau Mau revolt, or Kenya Emergency, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–1963) between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as...
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  • Joseph Musyimi Lele Ndolo (category Personnel of the Kenya Army)
    of the General Staff and the first African to head the armed forces of Kenya. Ndolo was a member of the King's African Rifles. At the time of his enlistment...
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  • Kenya Rifles (nicknamed the The Scarlets; possibly 3rd Battalion, The Kenya Rifles) is an infantry battalion, the senior-most unit of the Kenya Army Infantry...
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    Senate uses SS; The Chief Justice uses CJ; Kenya Army - KA; Kenya Air Force - KAF; Kenya Navy - KN; Kenya Agricultural Institute - KAI; Diplomats use...
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    The 9th Battalion, Kenya Rifles is a light infantry battalion of the Kenya Army headquartered at Moi Barracks near Eldoret. The 9th Battalion was formed...
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    The Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, commonly known as British Kenya or British East Africa, was part of the British Empire in Africa from 1920 until...
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  • of Kenya. The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army (1994) p. 346. Anderson, David (2005). Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and...
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