National Defence College celebrate its 25th anniversary of establishment
The Kenya National Defence College (NDC) has today celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of its establishment.
The anniversary is celebrated alongside 24th graduation ceremony and was presided over by Chief of the Defence Forces General Robert Kibochi.
“As we celebrate the National Defence College (NDC) 25th anniversary, we congratulate the graduands as they graduate during the college’s 24th graduation ceremony in Karen, Nairobi,” stated Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).
NDC is a training facility under National Defence University (NDU-K) for senior commanders in the military of Kenya, including the army, navy, air force and special forces.
It targets to prepare senior selected military and equivalent civil servants from Kenya and their counterparts from their selected friendly countries for higher responsibilities in the strategic direction and management of security and other related areas of public policy.
Due to limited available training openings and the high cost of training in foreign military academies, the Government of Kenya established the NDCK.
In 1997, the college admitted its first class and has graduated a class every year starting in 1998. The annual intake as at November 2014, is 40 participants.
Beginning in 2002, the college, in collaboration with the University of Nairobi, awards the Diploma, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in International Studies.[4]
In line with national needs for self-reliance in training, coupled with a number of factors mainly, the increasing cost of training abroad, limited vacancies offered and the need to tailor a curriculum that fits the reality on the ground and the region the Defence Council recommended to the President and Commander-In-Chief the importance and need to establish a college.
Over the years, the following countries have contributed participants to the NDC course; United Republic of Tanzanian, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Botswana, German, Egypt, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Burundi, Namibia, Sudan, South Sudan and most recently Togo.
