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Kenya: Uhuru Awards Charter to National Defence College

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President Uhuru Kenyatta has awarded a charter to the National Defence College, making it the first specialised university in the country.

The institution will now be referred to as the National Defence University Kenya (NDU-K) and will offer graduate and post-graduate training to local, foreign military and civilian leaders on current and emerging security challenges.

President Kenyatta said the university will fortify the country’s defence forces and improve their skills in military and civil diplomacy.

“As you know, our country has suffered a lot from terrorist attacks in the past few years, not to mention the threats posed by transnational organised crimes and intra-state conflicts,” said President Kenyatta.

He said, besides training military leaders, the university will lay the foundation for the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to contribute more to internal civil needs such as humanitarian response.

The President assured the country of the government’s commitment to supporting NDU-K meet its training research and service.

The President spoke on Thursday when he presided over the graduation ceremony of 55 senior military officers and civil servants from Burundi, Malawi, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Kenya.

When she appeared before the Education Committee in November last year, Ministry of Defence Cabinet Secretary Monicah Juma said the courses had been inspected by the Commission for University Education (CUE).

Dr Juma said NDU-K will be different from a standard public university under the Act.