Chief of Defence Forces of Kenya on week-long Visit to India from November 2
Chief of Defence Forces of Kenya General Robert Kibochi is visiting India from November 2 to November 6 on the invitation by the Ministry of Defence.
India is the first country that the Chief of Defence Forces, Kenya, is visiting outside of Africa, after he assumed the command in May earlier this year. During his week-long visit he is scheduled to meet the Defence Minister, the National Security Adviser, the service chiefs and senior officials from the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi.
Kibochi will also be visiting Agra, Mhow and Bengaluru during his visit.
Incidentally this is not the first time Kibochi is visiting India as he did his Signal Officers Degree Telecommunications Engineering Course in India at the Military College of Telecommunications Engineering Mhow from 1984-1987, as a young officer.
His visit comes at a time when the bilateral relationship between India and Kenya is poised for deeper engagement.
Considering that India and Kenya are mature democracies and have professional Armed Forces there is a lot of convergence of thought between the two nations. The visit will cement the already strong bilateral ties between the two countries and the two Armed Forces.
