President William Ruto who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces Friday promoted Lt Gen Francis Omondi Ogolla to the rank of General and appointed him Chief of the Defence Forces (CDF).
Prior to this appointment, General Ogolla was the Vice Chief of the Defence Forces.
General Ogolla replaces Gen Robert Kariuki Kibochi whose term of service has honourably come to an end after 44 years of illustrious military career, the Department of Defence said in a statement.
The President has also appointed Lt Gen Jonah Mwangi as the Vice Chief of the Defence Forces (VCDF).
Prior to this appointment, Lt Gen Mwangi was the Vice Chancellor of, National Defence University – Kenya.
Major General Said Farah takes over from Lt Gen Jonah Mwangi as Vice Chancellor, National Defence University – Kenya.
Maj Gen David Kimaiyo Tarus was appointed deputy commander Kenya Army while Maj Gen William Shume was appointed officer of the border security command.
Maj Gen Alphaxard Kiugu was appointed the force commander of East Africa Community Regional Force-DRC to replace Maj Gen Jeff Nyagah who was named the General Officer Western Command while Maj Gen Eric Kinuthia was appointed the senior directing staff Air National Defence College.
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The immediate former Director of Military Intelligence Maj Gen Said Mohamed Farah was moved to the National Defence College and named the Vice Chancellor while Brig Yahya Abdi was appointed the deputy commander of the Kenya Navy
Further, on the advice of the Defence Council, chaired by Cabinet Secretary for Defence Adan Duale, which met Friday, the President upheld the Defence Council’s recommendations and made various promotions, postings and appointments of KDF.
Brig David Keter was promoted to Maj Gen and appointed Assistant CDF personnel and logistics while Brig Stephen Mutuku was promoted to the rank of Maj Gen and named the senior directing staff Army at NDC.
The council also promoted Brig John Nkoimo to Maj Gen and named him commandant of Joint Command Staff College and Brig Abdulkadir Burje to Maj Gen and named him the Director of Military Intelligence.
Brig Paul Owuor Otieno was promoted to the Maj Gen and named Managing Director of Kenya Shipyards Limited while Col Anthony Rotich was promoted to the rank of Brig and named the commander Military Intelligence Corps.
Col Alfred Gitonga was promoted to Brig and appointed director of the military coordination centre.
Gen Ogolla is a graduate of ÉcoleMilitaire de Paris and the National Defence College of Kenya.
