7 Kenya Rifles

7 Kenya Rifles is an infantry battalion of the Kenya Army. It came into being on June 8, 1968 at Gilgil in a British army camp which had been abandoned since 1964. The first commanding officer of the unit Was Lt Col Wambua. The unit relocated to its current base at Langata in 1973. The Maroon Commandos is a military band belonging to the battalion.