Uhuru and ex-Kenyan presidents in military uniforms

Uhuru and ex-Kenyan presidents in military uniforms Uhuru and ex-Kenyan presidents in military uniforms "ltr">– President Uhuru Kenyatta has appeared in public putting on military uniform four times since his election. The most recent one was on Monday, March 1, 2016 during a GSU event – All Kenya’s former presidents donned the military uniform except Mwai Kibaki Kenyans are not used to seeing their president dressed in military gear and that is why when Uhuru Kenyatta did, it made news. President Uhuru Kenyatta has appeared in public four times putting on the five-star jungle green Commander-in-Chief uniform since his election in 2013. He first wore the military gear when uniform when he presided over a military function at Archer’s Post in Samburu in September 2014. A month later, he wore the uniform during the Kenya Defense Forces Day at the Kenya Military Academy in Lanet, Nakuru. He did it again when he attended the Kenya Navy’s 50th anniversary celebrations in Mombasa in December the same year. President Uhuru Kenyatta in military uniform during a function at Archer’s Post in Samburu in September 2014. Image: PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta in military uniform during the Kenya Defense Forces Day at the Kenya Military Academy in Lanet, Nakuru in October 2014. Image: PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta in military uniform dueing the Kenya Navy’s 50th anniversary celebrations in Mombasa in December, 2014. Image: PSCU The most recent occasion was on,Tuesday, March 1 when he attended the General Service Unit (GSU) passing out parade. President Uhuru Kenyatta in military uniform during the GSU passing out parade on March 1, 2016. Image: PSCU However, President Uhuru Kenyatta is not the first sitting Kenyan president to wear a military gear. Uhuru father and Kenya’s first president, the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, donned the ceremonial red-tunic military uniform in 1971. He was conducting a military parade in Nairobi after an aborted coup. Mzee Jomo Kenyatta donned the ceremonial red-tunic military uniform in 1971. Image: Courtesy Second president, Daniel Moi, wore the ceremonial outfit during the Jamhuri Day of 1980, two years after succeeding Mzee Kenyatta. Former Daniel Moi wore the ceremonial military outfit during the Jamhuri Day of 1980. Image: Courtesy Only Uhuru’s predecessor and the third president, Mwai Kibaki, left office without putting on the military fatigue despite being the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces for 10 years. Source tuko.co.ke