- They will join others from Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania
- The Force Training Officer Lt Col Techera said that the training focussed on interoperability and functions across departments.
The first troops from Kenya to be deployed to fight M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a joint regional operation left the country on Saturday morning.
Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces General Robert Kibochi saw off the team at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
The team is about 903 to be deployed to the region to help contain the fighting that has displaced many.
Gen Kibochi told the troops to remember their joint mission with other East African Community states to enforce peace.
He urged the officers to obey the law of the land as they are deployed.
"We are known to follow the law wherever we go. Respect the chiefs of defence where you go,"Kibochi said.
The departure follows approval by the National Assembly Defence committee after a request made by President William Ruto.
President Ruto last week ordered the deployment of 903 soldiers from KDF to join a regional peacekeeping mission - the East African Community Regional Force to the Democratic Republic of Congo (EACRF-DRC).
On Friday, the troops completed a three-day training of Trainers course in a ceremony that was presided over by Force Training Officer Lt Col Marcelo Techera.
"Kenya Quick Reaction Force deployed as part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the DRC has completed a three-day Training of Trainers course," the statement read.
Speaking during the closing ceremony, the Force Training Officer Lt Col Techera said that the training focussed on interoperability and functions across departments.
"It provided a valuable status update on armed groups in DRC, operations on the protection of children in conflict situations, conflict-related sexual violence, civil affairs, among others."
They will join others from Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania which have deployed various battalions to provide combat support to the mission.
This comes as M23 rebels and DR Congo troops clashed heavily in North Kivu province on Friday.
Tensions between DR Congo and Rwanda are at their highest in years, with the DRC accusing its neighbour of backing the M23, charges the Rwandan government denies.