Nation journalist Gabriel Oguda’s hilarious comparison of Kenya’s Defence Minister Adan Duale with his US counterpart Gen. Lloyd James Austin III has stirred heated exchange on both Twitter and Facebook.
Below is a reproduction of the thought-provoking comparison.
GEN. LLOYD JAMES AUSTIN III – A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Commanding General of 10th Mountain Division and Combined Joint Task Force 180, during the War in Afghanistan. First African American to serve as a U.S. Army division commander in combat. Chief of Staff of US Central Command at MacDill AFB, in Tampa, Florida. Commander of XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Second highest ranking commander in Iraq, commanding 152,000 joint and coalition forces across all sectors of the Multi-National Corps in Iraq (MNC-I). First African American general officer to lead a corps-sized element in combat. Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. US Army’s 200th four-star general officer and the sixth African American in the U.S. Army to achieve the top rank. Commanding General (CG) of United States Forces – Iraq (USF-I). First African American in history to command an entire theater of war. Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (VCSA). Commander of CENTCOM. United States Secretary of Defense.
ADEN BARE DUALE – Garissa Township MP. Former Assistant Minister for Livestock. Married with five children. Kenya’s Secretary of Defense.