This archive report was first published on 28 November 2019.
On Thursday, President Uhuru Kenyatta commissioned new cadet officers at the Kenya Military Academy in Lanet, Nakuru County, where he highlighted the importance of regional security partnerships.
The President emphasized that the threats to security posed by terrorist groups and related international crimes know no borders, and that Kenya's military training programs are designed to serve both national and regional security needs.
He noted that the regional dimension of the training by the academy is informed by the fact that the threats to security posed by terrorist groups and related international crimes know no borders.
President Kenyatta reiterated that a country's prosperity depends on how well it balances the crucial factors of peace, security, governance, and sound economic policies and development programs.
He said that military officers are encouraged to observe personal courage as they protect the country despite adversities they might face, and that courage calls for self-confidence, moral ascendency, self-sacrifice, honesty, fairness, initiative, decisiveness, and dignity.
The newly commissioned officers have graduated under the revamped Bachelor of Science in Military and Security Studies programme, a unique undergraduate degree offered by the Ministry of Defence in collaboration with Kenyatta University.
During the colourful commissioning ceremony, the Head of State awarded cadets who excelled in various fields during the course of their three-year training.
