Kenya’s leader Uhuru Kenyatta today said Kenya’s military training programmes are designed to serve security needs of both the country and the region.
The President said 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.
President Uhuru Kenyatta with the Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Samson Mwathethe when he inspected a parade mounted by Officer Cadets at the Kenya Military Academy in Lanet, Nakuru County during the Cadets Commissioning Parade.
The Head of State spoke at the Kenya Military Academy in Lanet, Nakuru County, where he commissioned new cadet officers who have completed a rigorous three year training program that involves academic as well as character development and field trainings.
President Kenyatta said the training standards at the Kenya Military Academy are recognised in the region and the whole world. The academy trains cadet officers from several African countries.
“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 said 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 said Kenya has always made it a priority to boost regional security and that is one of the reasons it has been involved in stabilising countries affected by conflict.
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