Uhuru Attends Kenya Navy Base Honours Event in Lamu

This means the base has been upgraded.

The presidential color is the greatest honor bestowed upon a military unit in recognition of exceptional service to the nation during peace and wartime while regimental color is a flag bearing the symbols associated with the unit which is carried as a mark of identification.

The event is significant for every unit in the Kenyan military and it is recorded in the unit's history.

According to the military tradition, the whole ceremony is one of the symbolic trust given to a unit/base. Such events are marked on Jamhuri Day and it is not clear if they will be repeated during the celebrations at Nyayo Stadium.

 Officials say the colors represent the spirit of the regime.

According to officials, losing the colors leads to the disbandment of the regiment or unit. All infantry units and bases are presented with both presidential and regimental colors.

Normally a presidential color trooped when a unit or base performs in a national ceremony or when the commander-in-chief or a foreign head of state is honored with a guard of honor.

Both presidential and regimental colors are carried by a commissioned officer and escorted by two armed senior non-commissioned officers.

During trooping of the colors, the colors are marched in under escort of the color party to the edge of the parade, the tweet informs us. It is ceremoniously received by the unit/regimental/base Sergeant Major who hands it over to the color officers.

The color officer is of the rank of a Lieutenant and commands the color party.