Full LIST OF THE HEADS OF the KENYA DEFENCE FORCES (KDF)
Full LIST OF THE HEADS OF the KENYA DEFENCE FORCES (KDF)
★ From independence (when the position was called Chief of General Staff) until today (when it’s called Chief of the Defence Forces — CDF).
💥 CHIEFS OF GENERAL STAFF (before 2011)
📌Major General Robert Bernard Penfold — 1966 – 1969 (first head after independence)
📌Major General Joseph Musyimi Lele Ndolo — 1969 – 1971 (first Kenyan to lead the armed forces)
📌General Jackson Kimeu Mulinge — 1971 – 1986
📌General Mohamud Haji Barrow Mohamed — 1986 – 1996
📌General Daudi Rerimoi Chepkong’a Tonje — 1996 – 2000
📌General Joseph Raymond Edward Kibwana — 2000 – 2005
📌General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga — 2005 – 2011
💥 CHIEFS OF THE DEFENCE FORCES (CDF, after rename)
📌General Julius Waweru Karangi — 2011 – 2015
📌General Samson Jefwa Mwathethe — 2015 – 2020
📌General Robert Kariuki Kibochi — 2020 – 2023
📌General Francis Omondi Ogolla — 2023 – 2024
📌General Charles Muriu Kahariri — 2024 – present…
★ ONLY one General made reform’s in the force and achieved what soldiers wanted, that’s Rtd. Gen Daudi Tonjee.
