Kenya

 

 

Map source: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/kenya_pol88.jpg

 

Reliability Index 4 (poor)

 

GDP 2009~$31-billion

 

Defense 2009 ~$600-million

 

Personnel 20,000    

 
Equipment

 

MBT

70 Centurion, 50 T-72[1]

Recon

80 AML, Ferret, Saladin

APC

50

Arty

40 x 105mm

HM

12 x 120mm

ADA

80 25/35/40mm; Mistral

 

Organization

 

We have not as yet identified either of the two division HQs that many sources say have been raised. Instead, there is an Eastern and a Western Command. 2-3 battalions are on international peacekeeping operations in Ethiopia, Burundi, and Sudan.

 

Army Level Troops

 

1 Infantry Battalion [2]

75th? Airborne Battalion

50th Air Cavalry Battalion - Moi Air Base

1Air Defense Battalion

1 Medical Battalion

 

The US helped equip/train an infantry battalion for CI in 2007. We do not know if it was a new or an existing battalion.

 

 





[1] Kenya may have up to 100 T-72, but it is unclear how many have been transferred to South Sudan.

[2]  This battalion may belong the Nayuki Brigade and have been TDY at time of sighting.

 

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