Commander, Kenya Army

The Commander, Kenya Army is the chief and highest-ranking officer of the Kenya Army The current commander is Lieutenant general Walter Raria.[1]

Commander,
Kenya Army
Flag of Kenya Army
Incumbent
Walter Raria
since 13 July 2018
 Kenya Army
Reports toChief of Defence Forces
Appointerthe President
Formation12 December 1963
First holderIan Freeland
DeputyDeputy Army Commander

List of officeholders
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Major general
Sir Ian Freeland
(1912–1979)		 12 December 1963 30 April 1964 140 days [2][3]
[4]
2 Brigadier
A. J. Hardy		 1 May 1964 30 November 1966 2 years, 213 days [5][4]
3 Brigadier
Joseph Ndolo		 1 December 1966 31 May 1969 2 years, 181 days [6][4]
4 Major general
Jackson Mulinge
(1924–2014)		 1 June 1969 22 November 1978 9 years, 144 days [7][8]
[4]
5 Major general
J K Nzioka		 1 December 1978 12 December 1979 1 year, 11 days [4]
6 Major general
J M Sawe		 13 December 1979 2 January 1981 1 year, 20 days [4][9]
7 Major general
Mahamoud Mohamed		 3 January 1981 14 December 1981 346 days [4]
(6) Lieutenant general
J M Sawe		 15 December 1981 27 February 1986 4 years, 74 days [4]
8 Lieutenant general
James L Lenges		 28 February 1986 30 November 1993 7 years, 275 days [4][10]
9 Lieutenant general
Daniel Tonje		 1 December 1993 22 June 1994 203 days [4][11]
10 Lieutenant general
A K Cheruiyot		 28 June 1994 7 June 1998 3 years, 344 days [4]
11 Lieutenant general
A Abdullahi		 9 June 1998 30 November 2000 2 years, 174 days [4]
12 Lieutenant general
L K Sumbeiywo		 1 December 2000 28 February 2003 2 years, 89 days [4]
13 Lieutenant general
J M Kianga		 1 March 2003 10 August 2005 2 years, 162 days [4]
14 Lieutenant general
A S K Njoroge		 10 August 2005 5 December 2008 3 years, 117 days [4]
15 Lieutenant general
Jackson Tuwei		 5 December 2008 30 November 2010 1 year, 360 days [4][12]
16 Lieutenant general
Njuki Mwaniki		 30 November 2010 13 July 2011 225 days [12][13]
17 Lieutenant general
Joseph Kasaon
(born 1958)		 13 July 2011 17 April 2015 3 years, 278 days [4][13]
18 Lieutenant general
Leonard Muriuki Ngondi
(born 1959)		 17 April 2015 22 September 2016 1 year, 158 days [4]
19 Lieutenant general
Robert Kariuki Kibochi
(born 1959)		 22 September 2016 13 July 2018 1 year, 294 days [4][14]
20 Lieutenant general
Walter Raria		 13 July 2018 Incumbent 2 years, 197 days [1]

References
  1. Munda 2018.
  2. "No. 43173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 November 1963. p. 9901.
  3. "No. 43598". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 March 1965. p. 2619.
  4. Army.
  5. Poppy Cullen (2017). "Operation Binnacle: British plans for military intervention against a 1965 coup in Kenya". The International History Review. 39 (5).
  6. Hornsby, Charles (2012). Kenya: A History Since Independence. London/New York: I. B. Tauris. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-84885-886-2.
  7. Opande 2019, p. 67.
  8. Kenya Yearbook 2010
  9. Daniel Opande (2019). In Pursuit of Peace in Africa. East African Educational Publishers. p. 77. ISBN 9966564314.
  10. https://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/1190-147856-gifssdz/index.html
  11. Kenya Yearbook 2010, pp432.
  12. Ombati 2010.
  13. Momanyi 2011.
  14. PSCU 2016.
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