President Uhuru Kenyatta presiding over the passing-out parade of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) recruits at the Recruits Training School in Eldoret, June 9, 2017. [Photo: PSCU]President    Uhuru Kenyatta presided over the passing-out parade of Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) recruits at the Recruits Training School in Eldoret.He said the standard of the parade and turnout was commendable. "In years past, you have done your part to keep the peace abroad, serving in United Nations’ peace missions, and under the AU too. That you have been chosen to serve these missions shows the regard in which you are held, and proves the standard of your training and professionalism. At home, you are an example of our nationhood," Uhuru told the recruits, Friday.As the president, and Commander-in-Chief, he said it falls to him to protect and defend unity of the soldiers."We have recently seen an escalation of violence in parts of the North Rift: communities have been divided; property has been destroyed and stolen; Kenyans have lost their lives. But we are restoring order."He said the Kenya Defence Forces were helping the police to restore law and order in the region."I want to be perfectly clear: these perpetrators of violence and lawlessness in the North Rift, Laikipia and elsewhere will be dealt with. There is no room here for those who want to divide us; there is no room in Kenya for those who want to snatch away the property others have laboured to build; and there is absolutely no room here for those who would raise their hands against their brothers and countrymen," Uhuru warned."The leaders of the incitement and violence are about to learn these lessons," he added.

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