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→British African regiments such as the King's African Rifles
As a result of the mutiny, towards the end of 1897 the colonial government decided to reorganise the Uganda Rifles on an urgent basis, and a number of commissioned and non-commissioned officers for the task of reorganisation were recruited in London. A newspaper report of the day said ,,,The Soudanese forming the force will be greatly reduced, and the vacancies filled up by recruiting from the East African Protectorate and, possibly, also from India… The non-commissioned officers were ready to depart for Uganda around 20th-21st January 1898, and the commissioned officers followed in due course.<ref> nhclark. [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=12425#p66257 2nd Lt John Simeon WARD - Uganda Rifles (1899-1903)] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 14 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018</ref>
The King's African Rifles (KAR) were was formed on 1 January 1902 from various local regiments, and were responsible for the defence of British colonies and protectorates in East Africa, initially Nyasaland, Kenya, Uganda, British Somaliland, and later Tanganyika Territory and Zanzibar. Each colony was responsible for recruiting and maintaining its own battalions.<ref>
[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5009 CO 820 Colonial Office: Military Original Correspondence] TNA.</ref> Men were recruited locally while officers were from the British Army.
