Gambia: CDS Kinteh Calls for a Loyal, Disciplined Armed Forces

Lieutenant General Masaneh Kinteh, the chief of Defence Staff of The Gambia Armed Forces has challenged his men and women to be loyal, maintain a high standard of discipline and respect authority.

According to him, discipline and loyal officers are needed to ensure a vibrant armed forces. "You cannot be loyal to the country if you are not loyal to the head of state and you cannot also be loyal to the head of state if you are not loyal to the country," he stressed. The CDS made this remarks last Friday, while presiding over the swearing-in ceremony of 50 senior and junior officers of the Gambian Armed Forces at the Yahya Jammeh Joint Officers Mess in Kotu.

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