Kenya Defence Forces (KDF)

Quick march: The step-by-step rise of women officers in KDF

Reading Time: 3 minutes Former spokesperson of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), Zipporah Kalondu Kioko – the first woman soldier to hold that position […]

Raila’s five-day UK tour starts with top level defence talks 

Reading Time: 2 minutes Orange party leader Raila Odinga yesterday morning held talks with the United Kingdom Minister for Armed Forces, James Heappey, at […]

Bill to cushion military veterans after service

Reading Time: 3 minutes by Jeremiah Kiplang’at Thousands of former members of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) who are struggling to make ends meet […]

Nine more arrested over death of cops in Lamu raid

Reading Time: 2 minutes Police in the Milihoi area of Lamu county have arrested nine suspects in connection to last Friday’s attack that claimed […]

Uhuru unveils mega KDF housing project

Reading Time: 2 minutes President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday commissioned a mega Public-Private Partnership housing project for the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to be rolled […]

Anxiety at Kemsa as staff sent on compulsory leave

Reading Time: 4 minutes More than 900 employees of the troubled Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) face an agonising 30 days during which they […]

Why farmers are happy with KDF efforts at Kenya Meat Commission

Reading Time: 3 minutes Athi River-based Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) which is now under Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) management is getting rare accolades on […]

KDF launch counter explosive centre in terror war boost

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) yesterday launched the construction of a modern Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) centre in Embakasi to […]

Veteran Gathimba decries lack of competition as he qualifies for Tokyo

Reading Time: < 1 minute Samuel Gathimba has decried lack of stiff competition after once again becoming the only walker to qualify for Tokyo Games. […]

Kigen: Steeplechase still a Kenyan affair

Reading Time: 2 minutes African Games 3,000m steeplechase champion Benjamin Kigen says Kenya’s dominance in the water and hurdles event is intact going to […]