It depends on how things are set up, what the desired end state is, and what level of commitment the US .gov is wanting to demonstrate by sending in SF troops.
A single ODA working out of the US embassy would be a possible approach if very, very limited goals were intended -- perhaps providing some mentoring and training to Kenyan SOF/elite sort of units, for instance.
At the other end of the spectrum, if Kenya provides a willing host nation for operations in Africa -- and if the Soviets/Cubans are trying to cause trouble in that neck of the woods while everything else is going on -- you could have everything up to the Group headquarters planted there, with component units operating all over the place.
With the 3rd Shock Army rampaging in central Europe and Soviets in Iran, that's probably rolling heavier than Africa would warrant. I'd figure the bulk of 3rd Group is backstopping 5th Group or maybe 10th Group, since southern Europe is pretty complicated and NATO hostile.
I'd guess anything from the single ODA idea you mentioned to up to a battalion if Kenya is a base for operations elsewhere in Africa, or up to a company if stouter support for Kenya, specifically, is intended.
** Unrelated idea concerning ex-pats in Kenya/Africa. The East Germans used to dump a lot of folks down that way helping training their fraternal socialist brethren and all that (if I remember right, the South Africans killed a couple of them in Angola in the 70s or 80s). Waking up and finding themselves suddenly on NATO's side in a camp otherwise full of Cuban and/or Soviet advisors could make for some interesting drama -- and they could have marched out towards the nearest NATO forces in Kenya from Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, etc, or PCs could be sent out on a long range patrol to make contact with them holed up in some African town and bring them out, etc.
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