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Pageantry as KDF gives Gen Mwathethe farewell salute after 42 years

Outgoing Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen. Samson Mwathathe inspects a guard of honour during the CDF change of guard ceremony at the DOD, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina/Standard]

The curtain finally fell on Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Samson Mwathethe’s career after 42 years of service.

The Navy officer who joined the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in 1978 as a recruit before steadily rose through ranks to be appointed CDF in 2015 retired yesterday with the respect and honour of his men and women.

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