INTRODUCTION

Women were first recruited in the Armed Forces in 1972. They remained a single entity as the Women Service Corps (WSC) . They served under different terms and conditions of service designed to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces taking into account their special needs.

The Women Service Corps was dissolved on 1 Dec 1999 and its personnel were integrated into the mainstream formations of the Armed Forces. They serve under the same terms and conditions of service as their male counterparts with various safeguards to suit their special individual needs.

In the Kenya Army, Women traverse the whole spectrum of careers including drivers, mechanical and electrical engineering, communications technicians, clerks, accountants, military police women, lawyers and Infantry .

COL (Rtd) R K MUTYAMBAI Commandant Armed Forces School of Higher Education in August 2006.	A female soldier in combat role after their integration into Army Units following the disbandment of the Women Service Corps in December 1999
Women Service Corps Recruits on a March Past during a passing out parade at Recruit Training School at Eldoret on 2 July 1991.	The Pioneer Women Corps Officers on training in Britain in 1973. From left to right: Sgt J Mwangi, Sgt R Banwa, WOII Hellen Hace (CSM), Sgt M Kuria, Sgt Rose Odari.