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evidence: East Africa Command was a Command of the British Army .. British Army. British Army. Command. Command ( military formation ). East Africa. East Africa. Until 1947 it was under the direct control of the Army Council and thereafter it became the responsibility of Middle East Command .. Command. Command ( military formation ). Middle East Command. Middle East Command. The formation was essentially an expansion of the East Africa Force which came into being in August 1940 .. East Africa. East Africa. It was reformed as a Command in September 1941 by General Sir William Platt and covered North East Africa , East Africa and British Central Africa .. Command. Command ( military formation ). William Platt. William Platt. East Africa. East Africa. British Central Africa. British Central Africa. Up until 1944 it directed the British Military Mission to Ethiopia .. British Military Mission to Ethiopia. British Military Mission to Ethiopia. It established its own intelligence network during the Mau Mau Uprising in 1952 .. Mau Mau Uprising. Mau Mau Uprising. During the Mau Mau uprising the command controlled 39th Infantry Brigade , 49th Infantry Brigade -LRB- United Kingdom -RRB- , and 70th -LRB- East African -RRB- Infantry Brigade .. Mau Mau uprising. Mau Mau uprising. 39th Infantry Brigade. 39th Infantry Brigade ( United Kingdom ). Later 70th -LRB- East African -RRB- Brigade became the basis for the newly independent Kenya Army .. Kenya Army. Kenya Army. Kenya. Kenya. Other units listed in the Kenya Regiment history as being in Kenya from 1952-56 include the Battle School , Tracker School , Kenya Regiment TF , Kenya Regiment Training Centre , and Heavy Battery .. Kenya Regiment. Kenya Regiment. Kenya. Kenya. Police organisations listed included the Kenya Police , Kenya Police Reserve , Kenya Police Reserve Air Wing , Auxiliary Forces , Dobie Force -LRB- ` disbanded ' -RRB- , and General Service Units .. Kenya Police. Kenya Police. Kenya Police Reserve. Kenya Police Reserve. Kenya. Kenya. ` KAR battalions ' listed included 3 KAR -LRB- Kenya -RRB- , 4 KAR -LRB- Uganda -RRB- , 5 KAR -LRB- Kenya -RRB- , 6 KAR -LRB- Tanganiyka -RRB- , 7 & 23 KARs -LRB- Kenya -RRB- , 26 KAR -LRB- Tanganyika -RRB- , 156 East African Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery RA , and the East African Armoured Car Squadron .. Kenya. Kenya. There were a total of eleven British infantry battalions -LRB- inc 1st Battalion , the Lancashire Fusiliers , 1st Battalion , The Buffs , 1 RHR , 1 Rifle Bde -RRB- , 39 Corps Engineer Regiment RE , 73 Ind Fd Eng Sqn RE , Roadbuilding Section RE , RAVC Tracker Dogs , RAMC Unit Hospital Nairobi , Nyeri , Nanyuki , plus No. 1340 Flight RAF -LRB- North American Harvards -RRB- , possibly other RAF Harvard units , and Lincoln units .. Nairobi. Nairobi. Lancashire Fusiliers. Lancashire Fusiliers. The Buffs. The Buffs. RAVC. Royal Army Veterinary Corps. No. 1340 Flight RAF. No. 1340 Flight RAF. The 24th Infantry Brigade -LRB- United Kingdom -RRB- was still stationed in Kenya until 1964 , and the command maintained a common intelligence system linking Tanganyika , Uganda , and Kenya until 1964 at least .. Kenya. Kenya. Timothy Parsons writes  : ' .. military authorities in Kenya took -LSB- the 1964 mutinies in Taganyika and Uganda -RSB- very seriously and quickly developed plans to deal with a similar incident in their country .. Kenya. Kenya. As a result , -LSB- Major General Ian Freeland -RSB- had considerably more resources at his disposal to prevent and contain potential problems in the Kenyan soldiery .. Ian Freeland. Ian Freeland. Once Lieutenant Colonel Mans gave -LSB- HQ East Africa Command -RSB- a careful account of how trouble had broken out in the Tanganyika Rifles , Freeland ordered the Kenyan Special Branch to step up its surveillance of key army units . '. Command. Command ( military formation ). East Africa. East Africa. This did not prevent trouble breaking out on 24 January 1964 in the lines of 11th Kenya Rifles at Lanet Barracks near Nakuru .. Nakuru. Nakuru. Kenya. Kenya. However , the problem was quickly contained , courts-martial ordered , and the unit was eventually disbanded .. East Africa Command was disbanded in 1964 being replaced by British Land Forces Kenya .. Command. Command ( military formation ). East Africa. East Africa. Kenya. Kenya