In Kenya, Boys’ Brigade was first introduced in 1909 by Scottish Missioners at P.C.E.A Church of the Torch at Kikuyu, central Kenya. This attempt was not very successful and later in 1958 the National Churches council of Kenya (NCCK) requested the international brigade body to reintroduced brigade in Kenya. In the Mid 60s John Chapel was sent by the world conference, now the GF, to restart brigade work in three main stream churches namely, M.C.K. C.P.K, now the A.C.K and P.C.E.A which was successful. When Chapel left Kenya in 1973, Sir William Kithara took over and during his time the organization grew in diverse ways most notably introducing brigade in the A.I.P.C.A and the ACC&S. William served in the BBK as the national co-ordinator/ employee until he retired in 2008. The current national coordinator is Sir Charles Ng’ang’ a who has actively served in this position since 2012

Each Denominational has a Brigade council that runs and manages brigade issues for their particular denomination. The top brigade leadership in each denomination is represented in the national council of Boys’ brigade, where decisions about brigade in Kenya are made. The BBK is run by a National council of twenty-five members, five representatives from each denominational brigade council. An executive committee chosen from the national council and is responsible for the day to day running of the office. A coordinator/Organizer, who is an employee of the national council, is the arm of the executive and national council and implements decisions made by the council and executive committees.

The five denominations wear the same uniform for officers and children. There are common training for officers, Trainers (training of trainers or TOT) and events and workshops for young leaders also from a common platform from time to time. There are over 10,000 officers and more than 50,000 children in BB and GB in Kenya and the organization is hosted at the head office of the Methodist church in Kenya.

The Leadership Organogram: