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On the dawn of independence the Kenya National Assembly passed a bill (Kenya Bills 1963) to amend the status of the military forces in Kenya.

The first Kenyan army raised by African themselves during this period to fight the colonial army was the Kenya Land and Freedom Army.

The army was deployed during the world wars and in the Kenya War Of Independence. The African component of this army was called King's African Rifles, KRA. The British Empire maintained a colonial army in Kenya colony during the colonial period. History British Colonial Empire Period (1896–1963)

1.1 British Colonial Empire Period (1896–1963).

The KDF is regularly deployed in peacekeeping missions in Africa and further afield for example peace keeping missions in Somalia since 2011. The President of Kenya is the commander-in-chief of the KDF, and the Chief of Defence Forces (Kenya) is the highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military adviser to the President of Kenya and the National Security Council. Its main mission is the defence and protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kenya,recruitment to the KDF is done on yearly basis. The current KDF was established, and its composition stipulated, in Article 241 of the 2010 Constitution of Kenya it is governed by the KDF Act of 2012. They are made up of the Kenya Army, Kenya Navy, and Kenya Air Force. The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) are the armed forces of the Republic of Kenya. Second World War (as King's African Rifles) (1939–45)