List of wars involving Kenya

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Kenya and its predecessor states.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President of Kenya	Kenyan losses
Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President of Kenya	Military	Civilian
Battle of Shela (1812)	Zahidi Mngumi of Lamu	Sultan Ahmed of Pate	Victory for Lamu	Not applicable	Not applicable
Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960)	KLFA	United Kingdom	Defeat British forces put down the rebellion^[1]	Not applicable	12,000– 20,000+^[2]	Disputed
Shifta War (1963–1967)	Kenya	NFDLM	Victory Rebels disarm and surrender	Jomo Kenyatta	4,200+^[3] (Civilians and combatants)
Mount Elgon Insurgency (2005–2008)	Kenya	SLDF	Victory Defeat of the SLDF guerilla	Mwai Kibaki	~600^[4] (Civilians and combatants)
War in Somalia (2011–present)	Somalia AMISOM/ATMIS Kenya Ethiopia Uganda Burundi Djibouti Sierra Leone United States United Kingdom	Al-Shabaab Hizbul Islam Islamic State	Ongoing Operation Linda Nchi launched in 2011, Kenya joins AMISOM (replaced in 2022 by ATMIS)	Mwai Kibaki	Unclear	Unclear

References

^ The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army (1994) p. 346.
^ Anderson, David (2005). Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-84719-9.
^ Jacob Bercovitch and Richard Jackson, International Conflict : A Chronological Encyclopedia of Conflicts and Their Management 1945-1995 (1997)
^ Georgette Gagnon, Africa director at Human Rights Watch (2008-04-02). "Kenya: Army and Rebel Militia Commit War Crimes in Mt. Elgon (Human Rights Watch, 3-4-2008)". Hrw.org. Retrieved 2010-05-01.