President Uhuru Kenyatta has extended the term for the Chief of Defence Forces General Samson Mwathethe with one year.
General Mwathethe four year term ended in April after he took over from retired Chief of Defence Forces Julius Karangi in April 2015 for a single four-year tenure as outlined in the Kenya Defence Forces Act 2012.
The 59-year-old general was promoted as the Deputy to General Karangi after a stint as Kenya Navy Commander, a force he had joined in 1978.
General Karangi sits in the council, together with commanders of the Kenya Army, Kenya Airforce and Kenya Navy, as well as the Defence Ministry principal secretary.