President William Ruto on Saturday awarded five Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers for their heroic actions in the battlefield with Al Shabaab.
The five KDF soldiers who received the awards during KDF Day celebrations held at the Embakasi Garrison in Nairobi include engineers and medics who rescued injured soldiers from hostile territory.
Corporal Ahmed Chire received an ward for manually removing an under vehicle improvised explosive device during a mission in Somalia on June 1, 2022, after a robotic arm failed.
Atuba Laban Chirchir (Kenya Army) received an award for stabilizing two casualties injured in an ambush in Boni Forest on May 8, 2021.
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Chirchir sustained the two casualties for six hours before they were evacuated.
On the other hand, John Kimothe Wanjiru, helped evacuate a wounded special operation soldier by dragging him out of contact on May 7, 2021 in Boni Forest Lamu county.
“As a result he was cut off his group and managed to survive for five days while navigating through the Boni forest with the casualty,” his citation read.
The Kenya Air Force's Senior Sergeant Ibrahim Mohamed Babuya received a commendation as well for implementing the KDF command and control system and cross-branding combat radio communication.
Also Sergeant Aloise Oteno Migai, an electrical engineer in Kenya Navy (Mtongwe), was awarded for rewiring several electrical equipment on board Kenya Navy ships thereby saving the KDF substantial finances.
KDF Day is observed annually to commemorate and celebrate the acts of valor and gallantry by KDF heroes and heroines.
