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1st Kenya Rifles
Active1964
Country1st Kenya Rifles Battalion Kenya
Branch1st Kenya Rifles Battalion Kenya Army
TypeInfantry
RoleLight Infantry
Garrison/HQNanyuki
ColorsGreen
MarchTufunge Safari[1]
EngagementsFirst World War
Second World War
Shifta War
Operation Linda Nchi
African Union Mission in Somalia

1st Kenya Rifles is an infantry battalion of the Kenya Army. It is a descendant of the pre-independence Kenya British Army formation the Kings African Rifles that was formed before the First World War.

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