Military Involvement in Multi-agency Security Operations in Eastern Africa: a Case of Kenya Defence Forces

Abstract

This study was intended mainly at identifying elements affecting military involvement in multi-agency security operations in Eastern Africa and to ascertain the nature and rationale of the mechanisms and strategies used in Kenya. This study therefore aims to make an impact to the national security organs on policy formulation process by explaining the determinants of military participation in internal security actions in the face of new security threats. The study adopted a case study approach that is best suited to the study of individual cases and included research design, techniques and tools for collecting data, sampling frames and analyzing and presenting data. The results of this study reaffirm that an acceptable and efficient multi-agency security operations strategy in Kenya and East Africa must be multidimensional, involving both non-state and state players in the combat against insecurity and terrorism through a combined effort. The study recommended development of a national multi-agency security operations and a new strategy to combat terrorism in Kenya and Eastern Africa.