History was made at the Mashujaa Day celebration on Sunday morning when Lieutenant Colonel Faith Mwagandi commanded the Kenya Defence Forces troops, becoming the first female senior officer to achieve this feat. An alumna of Moi Girls Eldoret and Kenyatta University, Ms. Mwagandi joined the forces in 2007, later becoming the first female warship commander in East and Central Africa in 2019 and 2022. She briefly trained at the Britannia Royal Naval College in the UK before serving as an instructor at the Kenya Navy Training School.