Under Kibochi, KDF engages more in civilian duties Nyambega Gisesa At the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC), machines that are as old as the country’s independence are back in shape as the facility roars to full operational capacity, the first time in several decades. And for the first time, the agency, which only made a profit shortly after it was set up sometime in the 1950s, is hoping to bury its long streak of losses. In the coming weeks, President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to share the meat processor’s extraordinary story of revival, which became possible after its operations were handed over to the Kenya Defence Forces last year. The handover was as shocking as when the government – a few weeks before – announced that all government-owned aircraft would be under the military. For the past one year, KDF and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Robert Kibochi have increasingly become more visible in the running of the country. This month marks one year sin