Shifta

Shortly after independence - in 1964 - Jomo's government requested for a squadron of Hunter aircraft and BAC Strikemasters for the military to tackle the Shifta crisis.

Agitations over self-determination in the Somali-inhabited Northern Frontier District culminated in the Shifta War during the 1960s.

The main target of the shifta was to disrupt the free movement of the UNC in areas controlled by the independence bloc supporters.

The shifta attempted to prevent the rural population that supported independence from having an audience with the UNC.