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Commander, Kenya Army ...
The Commander, Kenya Army is the chief and highest-ranking officer of the Kenya Army The current commander is Lieutenant general Peter Mbogo Njiru. List of officeholders References * * * * * * *Kenya Yearbook 2010, pp430 *https://intelligencebriefs.com/tag/kenya-army-command/ {{Chief of the army by country Kenyan military personnel Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mbogo Njiru
Lieutenant General Peter Mbogo Njiru, is a Kenyan military officer, who serves as the Commander, Kenya Army, since July 2022. The Kenya Army is a service branch of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). Before his present assignment, General Njiru was the commander of the Kenya Joint Command and Staff College, at the rank of Major General. Background and education According to his profile at the Kenya Ministry of Defence, he enlisted in the Kenya Army in June 1985 as an Officer Cadet. He graduated in June 1986 as a Second Lieutenant and was posted to an artillery unit, later rising to commanding officer of the unit. He has studied in many varied military and academic institutions both in Kenya and other countries. He holds a Master of Arts in International Security from King's College London and has attended the ''Royal College of Defence Studies Course'' administered once annually by the Royal College of Defence Studies, in London, United Kingdom. Other courses attended include the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremiah Kianga
Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga (born 1950) is a former Kenyan Army Commander and Chief of the General Staff. He is known for having introduced the principle of Kaizen-continuous development for all officers in the Kenya Defence Forces. During his tenure he established collaborations with local universities to enable officers pursue further studies under the Defence Forces Continuous Education Programme. Early life General Kianga was born on 26 April 1950 in Makueni District and finished his high school education at Machakos Secondary School in 1970. In April 1971 he joined the Armed Forces of Kenya and graduated from the Royal Military Academy in 1973. Career Upon his commissioning from Royal Military College, Sandhurst Kianga was posted to the 5th Kenya Rifles as a Platoon Commander and did his regimental duty up to 1975. He underwent further training in Kenya, the United Kingdom, India and the United States where he obtained a Master's Degree in Military Arts and Science. He served a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Raria
Lieutenant General Walter Koipaton Raria, is a Kenyan military officer. Between July 2018 and July 2022, he served as the Commander Kenya Army, a service branch of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). Background At the time of his appointment to his current assignment, Lt. General Walter Raria was the Deputy Commander of the Kenya Army, a position that he had served in for the previous two years. He replaced Lieutenant General Robert Kibochi, who was promoted to the position of Vice Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces ... As Commander of the Army Lt. General Raria was sworn in as Army Commander on 13 July 2018. He is the 21st Commander of the Kenya Army. In July 2022, Uhuru Kenyatta, the president of Kenya at that time, appointed Lieutenant General Peter Mbogo Njiru, as the 22nd Commander of the Kenyan Army. The handover ceremony took place at the Department of Defence Headquarters in Nairobi, on 8 August 2022. General Raria retired from the Kenyan military, later in 2022. See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kariuki Kibochi
General Robert K Kibochi, is a Kenyan military officer. From May 2020 to date, he is the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), the highest appointment in the Kenyan armed forces. He created history by becoming the first non-infantry officer from the Kenya Army to be appointed as CDF. Gen Kibochi belongs to the Corps of Signals, the military personnel responsible for conveying of information. Background and Education He was born in the Rift Valley of Gilgil, Nakuru, Nakuru County, in 1959. He attended Koelel High School http://www.koelelhigh.sc.ke/, in Gilgil and Nyeri High School, in Nyeri though he did not finish his A-Level Education as he opted for military recruitment and was enlisted. In 1979, he joined the Kenya Army and was sent to the Armed Forces Training College (AFTC) in Nakuru, Kenya. After graduation, he was commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant and posted to Signals Battalion. He has held various command and staff appointments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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DP may refer to: In arts and entertainment Film, television, and theatre * ''Danny Phantom'', an animated television series * David Production, a Japanese animation studio * Director of photography, a job in filmmaking * Digital Playground, an American pornographic movie studio * Dixon Place, a theater organization in New York City * '' D.P.'', a South Korean series Music * Daft Punk, an electronic band * Dead Poetic, a music group * Deep Purple, a rock music group * Dominant parallel * Drowning Pool, an American heavy metal music group * ''dp'' (album), a 2005 album by Daniel Powter Other media * ''Daily Pennsylvanian'', the University of Pennsylvania's student newspaper * Deadpool, a Marvel Comics comic book character * Display picture or avatar, in gaming and online, a graphical representation of a user or their character * ''Doom Patrol'', a comic book series * H. G. Wells, author; used "D. P." as a pseudonym *Dan Patrick, American Sportscaster and radio personality, hos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Of Defence Forces (Kenya)
The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) is the highest-ranking military officer in the Kenya Defence Forces and the principal military adviser to the President of Kenya and the National Security Council. The CDF outranks all respective heads of each service branch and has operational command authority over the service branches. He leads the meetings and coordinates the efforts of the Service Commander, comprising the CDF, the Commander of the Kenya Army and Kenya Air Force, Kenya Navy and the Commandant of Military Intelligence. The CDF has offices in Ulinzi House. Following the 2010 Constitution, the Chief of the General Staff was replaced with the Chief of the Defence Forces. The office is considered very important and highly prestigious, because the CDF has command authority over the Armed Forces. The chain of command is from the President (as the Commander in Chief), directly to the CDF. The CDF, as a Principal Adviser, does have authority over personnel assignments and oversight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahamoud Mohamed
General Mohamud Haji Mohamed Barrow ( so, Maxamuud Maxamed) is a former Kenyan military commander, and was Chief of General Staff of the Kenyan military and Commander Kenya Army. Career Mohamed was born to an ethnic Somali community in northeastern Kenya. His younger brother Hussein Maalim Mohamed was Kenya's Minister of State in the office of the presidency, the first Somali to be appointed to the cabinet. He was Commander Kenya Army from 1979 to 1981. On 1 August 1982, Mohamed commanded Kenyan military and police forces in a successful suppression of a coup d'état attempt against then President of Kenya Daniel arap Moi. The putsch had been staged by a group of low-ranking military officers led by Senior Private Hezekiah Ochuka, who was later found guilty of five overt acts and sentenced to death by hanging. Mohamed would remain the Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces for the next ten years. See also * Hussein Maalim Mohamed *Mohammed Hussein Ali Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson Mulinge
Jackson Kimeu Mulinge was a Kenyan military officer, and Chief of the General Staff in the 1980s. He was the longest serving head of Kenya's Armed Forces and the first Kenyan military officer to attain the rank of four-star general. Early life Mulinge was born in 1924 in Kathiani, present-day Machakos County. He was educated at the African Inland Mission school in Mumbuni and was randomly selected by a colonial military officer due to his well-built physique. Career He started off as a Private in the King's African Rifles and would see action in Ethiopia against Italian troops. During the Malayan Emergency, Mulinge served as a Warrant Officer Platoon Commander in 3rd Battalion, the King's African Rifles c1952-53. Thirteen years after the Malayan tour, he attended the Imperial Defence College in London. He was the first African officer in Kenya to receive the Queen's commission in 1961 as a second lieutenant and served as Commanding Officer of 3 Kenya Rifles Battalion from January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
