About: Chief of Defence Forces (Kenya)

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dbo:abstract	The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) is the highest-ranking military officer in the Kenya Defence Forces and the principal military adviser to the President of Kenya and the . The CDF outranks all respective heads of each service branch and has operational command authority over the service branches. He leads the meetings and coordinates the efforts of the Service Commander, comprising the CDF, the Commander of the Kenya Army and Kenya Air Force, Kenya Navy and the Commandant of Military Intelligence. The CDF has offices in . Following the 2010 Constitution, the Chief of the General Staff was replaced with the Chief of the Defence Forces. The office is considered very important and highly prestigious, because the CDF has command authority over the Armed Forces. The chain of command is from the President (as the Commander in Chief), directly to the CDF. The CDF, as a Principal Adviser, does have authority over personnel assignments and oversight over resources and personnel allocated to the commands within the respective services. The Chairman may also transmit communications to the service commanders from the President. He also performs all other functions as assigned from time to time by the President. The CDF may also allocate those duties and responsibilities to other officers under his name. (en)
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dbp:abbreviation	CDF (en)
dbp:appointer	President of Kenya (en)
dbp:body	the Kenya Defence Forces (en)
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dbp:constitutingInstrument	Article 241 of the Constitution of Kenya (en)
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dbp:deputy	Vice Chief of the Defence Forces (en)
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dbp:post	Chief (en)
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dbp:seat	Ulinzi House (en)
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dbp:termlength	Serve a single term of four years or retire upon the attaining of the mandatory retirement age (en)
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rdfs:comment	The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) is the highest-ranking military officer in the Kenya Defence Forces and the principal military adviser to the President of Kenya and the . The CDF outranks all respective heads of each service branch and has operational command authority over the service branches. He leads the meetings and coordinates the efforts of the Service Commander, comprising the CDF, the Commander of the Kenya Army and Kenya Air Force, Kenya Navy and the Commandant of Military Intelligence. The CDF has offices in . Following the 2010 Constitution, the Chief of the General Staff was replaced with the Chief of the Defence Forces. (en)
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