Commander, Kenya Army
| Commander, Kenya Army | |
|---|---|
 Flag of Kenya Army | |
 Kenya Army | |
| Reports to | Chief of Defence Forces |
| Appointer | thePresident |
| Formation | 12 December 1963 |
| First holder | Ian Freeland |
| Deputy | Deputy Army Commander |
TheCommander, Kenya Armyis the chief and highest-ranking officer of theKenya ArmyThe current commander is Lieutenant generalDavid Kimaiyo Tarus
List of officeholders
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Major General Ian Freeland (1912–1979) |
12 December 1963 | 30 April 1964 | 140 days | [1][2] | |
| 2 | Brigadier A. J. Hardy |
1 May 1964 | 30 November 1966 | 2 years, 213 days | [3][2] | |
| 3 | Brigadier Joseph Musyimi Lele Ndolo |
1 December 1966 | 31 May 1969 | 2 years, 181 days | [4][2] | |
| 4 | Major General Jackson Mulinge (1924–2014) |
1 June 1969 | 22 November 1978 | 9 years, 144 days | [5][6] [2] | |
| 5 | Major General Joseph Kathuka Nzioka |
1 December 1978 | 12 December 1979 | 1 year, 11 days | [2] | |
| 6 | Major General John Malan Sawe |
13 December 1979 | 2 January 1981 | 1 year, 20 days | [2][7] | |
| 7 | Major General Mahamoud Mohamed |
3 January 1981 | 14 December 1981 | 346 days | [2] | |
| 8 | Lieutenant General John M. Sawe |
15 December 1981 | 27 February 1986 | 4 years, 74 days | [2] | |
| 9 | Lieutenant General James Lelasian Lengees |
28 February 1986 | 30 November 1993 | 7 years, 275 days | [2][8] | |
| 10 | 
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Lieutenant General Daniel Rerimoi Chepkonga Tonje |
1 December 1993 | 22 June 1994 | 203 days | [2][9] |
| 11 | Lieutenant General Augustine K. Cheruiyot |
28 June 1994 | 7 June 1998 | 3 years, 344 days | [2] | |
| 12 | Lieutenant General Adan Abdullahi |
9 June 1998 | 30 November 2000 | 2 years, 174 days | [2] | |
| 13 | Lieutenant General Lazarus K. Sumbeiywo |
1 December 2000 | 28 February 2003 | 2 years, 89 days | [2] | |
| 14 | Lieutenant General Jeremiah KiangaEGH,CBS,ndc (K),cgsc (USA) |
1 March 2003 | 10 August 2005 | 2 years, 162 days | [2] | |
| 15 | 
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Lieutenant General Augostino Stephen Karanu NjorogeMGH,CBS,ndc (K),psc |
10 August 2005 | 5 December 2008 | 3 years, 117 days | [2] |
| 16 | Lieutenant General Jackson Kiprono Tuwei |
5 December 2008 | 30 November 2010 | 1 year, 360 days | [2][10] | |
| 17 | 
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Lieutenant General Njuki MwanikiMGH,CBS,OGW,ndc (K),psc |
30 November 2010 | 13 July 2011 | 225 days | [10][11] |
| 18 | Lieutenant General Joseph Kiptoo KasaonMGH,CBS,DCO,ndc (K),psc,cgsc (USA) (born 1958) |
13 July 2011 | 17 April 2015 | 3 years, 278 days | [2][11] | |
| 19 | Lieutenant General Leonard Muriuki NgondiMGH,CBS,OGW,ndc (K),psc (born 1959) |
17 April 2015 | 22 September 2016 | 1 year, 158 days | [2] | |
| 20 | 
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Lieutenant General Robert Kariuki KibochiEGH,CBS,ndc (K),psc (born 1959) |
22 September 2016 | 13 July 2018 | 1 year, 294 days | [2][12] |
| 21 | 
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Lieutenant General Walter Koipaton RariaMGH,CBS,OGW,ndc (K),psc |
13 July 2018 | 20 July 2022 | 4 years, 7 days | [13] |
| 22 | Lieutenant General Peter Mbogo NjiruMGH, CBS ‘rcds’ (UK) ‘psc’ (K) |
20 July 2022 | 8 march 2024 | 1 year, 363 days | [14] | |
| 23 | Lieutenant General
David Kimaiyo Chemwaina TarusCBS ‘ndc’ (K) ‘cgsc’ (USA) ‘psc’ (K) |
9 march 2024 | incumbent | [15] | ||
References
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- ^Poppy Cullen (2017). "Operation Binnacle: British plans for military intervention against a 1965 coup in Kenya".The International History Review.39(5).
- ^Hornsby, Charles (2012).Kenya: A History Since Independence.London/New York:I. B. Tauris.p. 180.ISBN978-1-84885-886-2.
- ^Opande 2019,p. 67.
- ^Kenya Yearbook 2010
- ^Daniel Opande (2019).In Pursuit of Peace in Africa.East African Educational Publishers. p. 77.ISBN978-9966564313.
- ^Also serving as Commander4th Brigade (Kenya)during the1982 Kenyan coup d'état attempt."Why former Army Boss is on the horns of dilemma - Daily Nation".nation.co.ke.Archived fromthe originalon 2017-12-19.
- ^Kenya Yearbook 2010, pp432.
- ^abOmbati 2010.
- ^abMomanyi 2011.
- ^PSCU 2016.
- ^Munda 2018.
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- Sarles, Harry (25 April 2013)."CGSC inducts new International Hall of Fame members".army.mil.US Army.Retrieved22 November2020.
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- https://intelligencebriefs /tag/kenya-army-command/
