The Kenya Military Academy is a premier training institution for basic and foundational military officer training for Kenya and regional allied countries. The academy is charged with training cadets for commissioning as officers of the KDF and Allied Countries.
This mandate is attained through officer training anchored on leadership, character development, professional military training and formal academic training.
The overall objective is to produce well-founded young military leaders to prepare them for leadership, command and inspiration to train professional military excellence.
KMA’s training philosophy is based on value-based leadership and aims at producing well-rounded individuals to enhance their physical, moral and conceptual capacities.
The Academy aspires to be a centre of excellence for foundational military officer training and intellectual development. Accordingly, NDU-K shall coordinate KMA programmes as the Academy aspires to be a centre of excellence for foundational military officer training and intellectual development.