Following the September 11th attacks , Kenya was designated as a frontline in the United States ' Global War on Terror . Kenya 's National Security Intelligence Service ( NSIS ) received a list of two hundred suspects linked to Al-Qaeda in late September 2001 . Following Al-Qaeda attacks in Mombasa in 2002 , new president Mwai Kibaki created the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit to further counter-terror operations . The United States Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program provided training to 500 Kenyan security officers in the United States and many more in East Africa training locations
September 11th attacks
September 11 attacks
Kenya–United States relations