1 Exhibit 10.2 First Amendment Agreement to Employment Agreement between Citizens First Corporation and Matthew Todd Kanipe FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 10.2 First Amendment Agreement to Employment Agreement between Citizens
First Corporation and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇

                     FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         This FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, made and entered into as
of this 21st day of September, 2006, by and between CITIZENS FIRST CORPORATION,
a Kentucky corporation ("Employer"), and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, an individual
("▇▇▇▇▇▇").
         WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into that certain Employment
         Agreement dated January 1, 2005; and WHEREAS, the parties desire to
         amend the Employment Agreement to alter the manner in which ▇▇▇▇▇▇ is
         compensated. NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual
         terms, conditions and benefits to be obtained by the parties to this
First Amendment to Employment Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which
the parties hereby acknowledge, Employer and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agree to amend the
Employment Agreement between them dated January 1, 2005 as follows:
         Employer and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ hereby revoke Paragraph 5 of the Employment
Agreement and replace this paragraph with the following language:
         5. COMPENSATION. ▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇ salary shall be at the annualized rate
established by Employer's Board of Directors, after recommendation to the Board
of Directors by the Board of Directors Compensation Committee, at the
commencement of each calendar year that the Employment Agreement is in effect
and must be set forth in a resolution of the Board of Directors, duly adopted by
the Board of Directors, and properly reflected in the minutes of the Board of
Directors. Any purported agreement for additional compensation or for an
adjustment in compensation which is not so evidenced by a
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written resolution of Employer's Board of Directors shall not be enforceable,
and shall be of no force or effect whatsoever. ▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇ salary shall be paid in
equal bi-weekly installments. All other terms and conditions contained in the
January 1, 2005 Employment Agreement remain unchanged and in full force and
effect.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this First
Amendment to Employment Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
                           CITIZENS FIRST CORPORATION

                       BY: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
                              ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, President and Chief Executive Officer

                            /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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