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(Date: August 2007)
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From October 1952 to December 1959, Kenya was under a state of emergency arising from the Mau Mau rebellion against British rule. The governor requested and obtained British and African troops, including the King's African Rifles. In May 1953 the Home Guard was officially recognized as a branch of the Security Forces. The Home Guard formed the core of the government's anti-Mau Mau strategy as it was composed of loyalist Africans, not foreign forces like the British Army and King's African Rifles. By the end of the emergency the Home Guard had killed no fewer than 4,686 Mau Mau. The Mau Mau were defeated in October 1956. Kenya became independent on 12 December 1963.
Jomo Kenyatta led Kenya from independence in 1963 until his death in 1978, when President Moi took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 1969 until 1982 when the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) made itself the sole legal party in Kenya. President Moi stepped down in December 2002 following fair and peaceful elections. Mwai Kibaki assumed the presidency following a campaign centered on an anti-corruption platform.
| Country name | : | Jamhuri y Kenya / Republic of Kenya (Kenya) | ||
| Former name | : | British East Africa | ||
| Capital | : | Nairobi | ||
| Administrative divisions | : | |||
| 1 area | : | Nairobi Area. | ||
| 7 provinces | : | Central, Coast, Eastern, North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Western. | ||
Military branches:
Kenyan Army, Kenyan Navy, Kenyan Air Force.
The Special Branch of the Kenya Police Force was mainly responsible for internal security threats following the independence of Kenya in 1963. The branch was dissolved in 1970 and its tasks were passed on to the newly formed DSI.
The DSI was formed in April 1970 and was responsible for internal security and counterintelligence. The DSI was part of the President's office and reported directly to the President. The agency was disbanded in 1998.
Formed in 1998 to replace the Directorate of Security Intelligence, better known as the Special Branch of the Kenya Police Department. NSIS's tasks include internal, external and strategic intelligence.
The agency has seven divisions:
The Kenya Police Force has a number of branches including the CID - Criminal Investigation Department, the GSU - General Service Unit, Railway Police and Airport Police.
The GSU is a paramilitary wing of the Kenyan Military and Kenyan Police that has various counterterrorism tasks. The organisation has a number of boats and an air wing.
The CID is responsible for investigating the more complex cases and partly for internal security tasks. The CID is divided in circa 10 departments. Amongst them are the Intelligence Division, the Anti Terrorism Unit and the Anti Narcotics Unit.
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