DIPLOMATIC VISIT

UK deputy national security advisor visits National Defence College

She visited NDC, a constituent college of the National Defence University Kenya and gave a lecture.

In Summary
  • This is the latest visit by senior UK officials to the country in a series ahead of a planned visit by King Charles III later this year.

  • The visit will be part of the Crown's efforts to strengthen ties with Commonwealth nations around the world.

Deputy UK National Security Advisor, Dame Sarah Macintosh (M) at the NDC in Karen-Handout
Deputy UK National Security Advisor, Dame Sarah Macintosh (M) at the NDC in Karen-Handout

The Deputy UK National Security Advisor, Dame Sarah Macintosh is in Nairobi for a series of meetings.

She visited National Defence College (NDC), a constituent college of the National Defence University Kenya and gave a lecture.

She was at NDC to give a lecture of opportunity to select senior military officers, senior civil servants of Kenya and their counterparts from allied nations.

The special lecture offered the course participants highlights on strategic direction and management of security and other areas of public policy.

National Security Advisor, Amb Dr Monica Juma, Maj Gen Fatuma Ahmed, Senior Military Officers and other civil service officers were present.

This is the latest visit by senior UK officials to the country in a series ahead of a planned visit by King Charles III later this year as part of the Crown's efforts to strengthen ties with Commonwealth nations around the world.

This will be King Charles' fifth visit to Kenya and his first official trip to the country since his coronation at Westminster Abbey in London.

According to several British media reports, the monarch will tour the country before heading to France, a trip that was due to take place in March but was cancelled due to security concerns.

This particular trip to Kenya will evoke memories of the king's mother the late Queen Elizabeth, who became queen at the age of 25 after her father, King George VI died in February 1952.

She had travelled to Kenya with her late husband Prince Phillip to begin a world tour on behalf of King George, only to receive the sad news on February 6, 1952, while staying at the Treetops Hotel in Aberdare National Park.

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