King's African Rifles becomes Kenya's army inheritance
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- King's African Rifles whole source
The KAR source describes the 1902 consolidation and officer structure; Cullen explains the independence-era inheritance.
- Military decolonisation and Africanisation: the first African officers in the Kenyan Army, 1957-1964 whole source
The KAR source describes the 1902 consolidation and officer structure; Cullen explains the independence-era inheritance.
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Consequences
what this set in motion, following the causal links
- preceded First African officers are commissioned into the KAR in Kenya 1961 African rank-and-file service preceded late African commissioning.
- preceded Independent Kenya keeps army, police and prisons in one security ministry 1963 The officer corps was being built while the independence state was being assembled.
- preceded Lanet mutiny forces Kenyatta to call British troops back 1964 The new state immediately faced the fragility of its inherited forces.
- triggered Penfold keeps British command above the new Kenyan army 1966 The mutiny hardened Kenyatta reliance on British officers and military support.