Highlights:
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday October 8th presided over the commissioning ceremony of Officer Cadets at the Kenya Military Academy in Lanet Nakuru, County.
Kenyatta urged his fellow countrymen as well as the East African region to unite and defeat the terrorism menace. He additionally lauded the country’s Defence forces for mounting onslaught on the militants.
Summary:
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta at the commissioning ceremony of Officer Cadets urged mutual and increased unity and collaboration to defeat terrorism and other crises in Kenya and the entire East African region.
The East African region has experienced numerous threats but Kenya has suffered the most thus her intense motivation behind have highly skilled defense personnel.
Kenyatta was keen to laud the efforts of the defense agencies in the country for their voluntary and selfless onslaught against the Al Shabaab militants both domestically and under AMISOM in Somalia.
President Kenyatta said at the ceremony, “The prosperity of a nation depends on how the crucial factors of peace, security, governance and sound economic development policies are brought to act on each other for the advancement of the society.”
According to analysts Kenya’s citizenry have also contributed a great deal to tackling terrorism and curbing adverse violent extremism and radicalization. The increased vigilance that the President attributed to public awareness created by security forces has significantly contributed to netting suspects and pre-empting would be attacks.
The cadets were urged to serve the nation with dedication and adhere to the letter the tenets of the Officer’s Creed as they executed the delegated roles and duties.
Significantly, the continued government support and contribution was pledges especially towards modern training and equipping of the security force in accordance to evolving security environment.
