List of wars involving Kenya

This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Kenya.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President of Kenya	Kenyan losses
Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	President of Kenya	Military	Civilian
Shifta War (1963–1967)	Kenya	NFDLM Somali Republic	Stalemate Peace treaty signed between Somalia and Kenya ending the war.	Jomo Kenyatta	4,200+^[1] (Civilians and combatants)
1982 Kenyan coup d'état attempt (1982)	Kenya	Forces of Hezekiah Ochuka	Victory Kenya Air Force disbanded	Daniel arap Moi	159^[2] (Civilians and combatants)
Mount Elgon Insurgency (2005–2008)	Kenya	SLDF	Victory Defeat of the SLDF guerilla	Mwai Kibaki	~600^[3] (Civilians and combatants)
War in Somalia (2011–present)	Somalia AMISOM 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	Mwai Kibaki	Unclear	Unclear

^ Jacob Bercovitch and Richard Jackson, International Conflict : A Chronological Encyclopedia of Conflicts and Their Management 1945-1995 (1997)
^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
^ 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.