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Chief of Defence Forces General Kibochi defends military running civilian agencies

Chief of Defence Forces General Robert Kibochi gives his speech during the Specialist Cadet Officers Commissioning Parade at Kenya Military Academy on July 24, 2020.[Courtesy]

Chief of Defence Forces General Robert Kibochi has defended military personnel running civilian agencies.

In an interview with KBC on Wednesday, General Kibochi said KDF has a role to play in aiding civilian authority as part of its constitutional mandate. He said KDF had a reservoir of expertise that the nation needs to tap. The top soldier attributed this to the training military personnel acquire. “Security and development are intricately related. Security can never flourish without development and development without security,” he said.

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