Mission

The Primary mission of the Infantry formations is to fight and win land battles within area of operational responsibilities in the defense of the nation against land – based aggression, while the secondary mission is the provision of aid and support to civil authorities in the maintenance of order.

Kenya Army Infantry Units

• 1st Kenya Rifles Battalion
  1st Kenya Rifles Battalion
  1st Kenya Rifles Battalion is the oldest unit of the Kenya Army. It is an offshoot of pre-independent Kenya British Army outfit Kings African Rifles that was formed to counter the Mau Mau insurgency.This unit is based in Nanyuki Central Kenya....
  
  
• 3rd Kenya Rifles Battalion
• 5th Kenya Rifles Battalion
• 7th Kenya Rifles Battalion
• 9th Kenya Rifles Battalion
• 15th Kenya Rifles Battalion
  15th Kenya Rifles Battalion
  The 15th Kenya Rifles Battalion commonly abbreviated 15KR, a.k.a ‘One five’, is the youngest infantry Unit in the Kenya Army, The unit was conceived as Namibian-bound, Kenya’s contingent that was on a UN peace keeping mission.On return back from the mission the unit was constituted to a fully...