Lieutenant General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...
Walter Koipaton Raria, is a Kenyan
military officer
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Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer, or a warrant officer. However, absent context ...
. Between July 2018 and July 2022, he served as the
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
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, a service branch of the
Kenya Defence Forces
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) ( sw, Majeshi ya Ulinzi ya Kenya, stylized as "KENYA ARMED FORCES" capitalized on its coat of arms) are the armed forces of the Republic of Kenya. They are made up of the Kenya Army, Kenya Navy, and Kenya Air Forc ...
(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
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022.
Kenyatta was chosen by Daniel Arap Moi as his preferred successor, but Kenyatta was defeated by opposition le ...
, the president of Kenya at that time, appointed Lieutenant General
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 w ...
, 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.
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Uhuru Kenyatta
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022.
Kenyatta was chosen by Daniel Arap Moi as his preferred successor, but Kenyatta was defeated by opposition le ...
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Kenya Navy
The Kenya Navy is the naval branch of the Kenya Defence Forces. It is headquartered in Mombasa.
Kenya Navy has two major bases for its fleet with it being headquartered in Mtongwe Naval Base, Mombasa and Manda Bay (part of Lamu Archipelago) b ...
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Kenya Air Force
The Kenya Air Force (KAF) or sw, Jeshi la Wanahewa is the national aerial warfare service branch of the Republic of Kenya.
The main airbase operating fighters is Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki, while Moi Air Base in Eastleigh, Nairobi is the he ...
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Kenya Coast Guard Service
The Kenya Coast Guard Service is a specialized maritime force of the Republic of Kenya, responsible for law enforcement on national waters, including on the oceans, lakes and rivers. The force is mandated to maintain maritime safety, security, po ...
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The Vice Chief of Defence Forces Lt Gen Robert Kibochi has handed over command of the Kenya Army to Lt Gen Walter Raria
Succession table
Personnel of the Kenya Army
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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