List of wars involving Kenya explained

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
					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]
Shifta War (1963 - 1967)	Kenya	NFDLM	Victory Rebels disarm and surrender
Mount Elgon Insurgency (2005 - 2008)	Kenya	SLDF	Victory Defeat of the SLDF guerilla
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)

Notes and References

1. The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Army (1994) p. 346.