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Between 1963 and 1967, Kenya fought the Shifta War against Somali residents who sought union with their kin in the Somali Republic to the north-east. [12] In late 1963, 5th Kenya Rifles was sent to the North Eastern Province as a response to the growing number of Shifta ambushes. [13] Also dispatched were additional police and the General ...
Kenya Defence Forces personnel responded first to the attack and attempted to repulse the militants. [11] With the support of Department of Defense personnel and a Kenyan MD500 attack helicopter, the combined forces conducted an assault to secure the airfield while a squad from the Kenya Ranger Regiment cleared the perimeter. [12]
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Kenya is a cabinet-level office in charge of defense-related matters of Kenya. It oversees the Kenya Defence Forces . It is currently headed by Her Excellency Soipan Tuya .
He also pledged a strong response against "violence and anarchy." The Kenya Defence Forces were subsequently deployed to help restore order. [7] Soldiers reportedly injured "hundreds" of people with tear gas and rubber bullets when they cleared out a medical camp that had been set up for injured protesters. [13]
Somalia's Defence Minister Hussein Arab Isse and Kenya's Defence Minister Mohamed Yusuf Haji then signed an agreement to collaborate against Al-Shabaab. [17] Both countries pledged to "co-operate in undertaking security and military operations", including "co-ordinated pre-emptive action". [64]
Kenya Army involvement in international peacekeeping, Peace Support Operations was first considered in 1973. That year the United Nations requested Kenya to contribute forces to UNEF II which was to separate Israel and the Arab states after the October War. Though Kenya acceded to the UN request, the troops were not deployed.
In any case, the security of British forces in Kenya could not be guaranteed if there was local opposition to the intervention and Zanzibari forces would likely be informed of any impending attack by sympathetic Kenyans. With this in mind, the Defence Council replaced Boris on 9 April with Operation Finery, an amphibious helicopter assault. [17]
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Kenya and its predecessor states. Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result President of Kenya Kenyan losses; Military