Jackson Mulinge

Jackson Kimau Mulinge was a Kenyan military officer, and Chief of the General Staff in the 1980s. He was from the Kamba.

He served as Commander, Kenya Army from 1971[1]-1978.[2]

A U.S. intelligence assessment of 1983 wrote that Mulinge was "the most influential and powerful figure in the armed forces" and at the time "enjoy[ed] the full confidence" of President Daniel arap Moi.[3]

References
  1. Daniel Opande (2019). In Pursuit of Peace in Africa. East African Educational Publishers. p. 67. ISBN 9966564314.
  2. Kenya Yearbook 2010
  3. Central Intelligence Agency, "Kenya: The Ethnic Key to Moi's Future," p.7
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