Posted on 27 January 2021.
British Army soldiers are set to resume training in Kenya nearly a year after they were recalled to the UK following the outbreak of COVID-19. On Tuesday, UK’s Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, and Kenya’s Defence Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma oversaw the opening of the newly-built Nyati Barracks at the British Army Training Unit Kenya […]
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Posted on 21 January 2019.
The Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) has repulsed a group of suspected Al shabaab militia, who had launched an attack at a Chinese construction camp in Shimbirey Garissa county. The gunmen were reportedly targeting construction workers working on a road in the area. KDF responded promptly and exchanged fire with the militants, forcing them to retreat. […]
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Posted on 21 November 2018.
The US government has donated 12 Bastion Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to the Kenya military in an effort to help the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) heighten border surveillance in the war against terrorism. The APCs will also aid in countering the threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices along the porous Kenya-Somalia border. According to the […]
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Posted on 16 October 2018.
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) is not pulling out of Somalia yet until the country attains full stability. According to President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was speaking during the 7th Annual KDF Day at Kenyatta Barracks in Gilgil, Nakuru County over the weekend, Kenya cannot afford to let down its guard until the complex transnational terror […]
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Posted on 16 January 2018.
A commemoration of the Kenya Defence Force (KDF) soldiers killed in the 2016 El Adde attack, took place on Monday in a low key ceremony at the 9th Kenya riffles base at Moi barracks in Eldoret. Only relatives of the fallen soldiers were allowed in the highly guarded military camp. In January 17, 2016, Al-Shabaab […]
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