This archive report was first published on 29 November 2019.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has emphasized the importance of regional security in Kenya's military training programs, stating that they are designed to serve the security needs of both the country and the region.
Speaking at the Kenya Military Academy in Lanet, Nakuru County, on November 29, 2019, the President noted that some of the most challenging crimes that trouble nations are cross-border in nature and perpetrators shift bases whenever they come under heat in one country.
The President commissioned new cadet officers who have completed a rigorous three-year training program that involves academic as well as character development and field training.
"The spirit of joint training reflects the true spirit of regional security partnership as enshrined in the East Africa Community Treaty," the President said.
He added 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.
"Whenever these groups are pursued, they quickly shift their operations either within the boundaries of nations or beyond," said the President.
The President 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 also emphasized the importance of personal courage among military officers, saying that it 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 program, a unique undergraduate degree offered by the Ministry of Defence in collaboration with Kenyatta University.
