The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) is the highest-ranking military officer in the Kenya Defence Forces and the principal military adviser to the President...
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The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) (Swahili: Majeshi ya Ulinzi ya Kenya, stylized as "KENYA ARMED FORCES" capitalized on its coat of arms) are the armed forces...
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Chief of the Defence Force may refer to: Chief of the Defence Force (Australia) Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) Chief of Defence Forces (Kenya) Chief...
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Self-Defense Forces Kenya Defence Forces Lesotho Defence Force Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces Malawian Defence Force Maldives National Defence Force...
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The Kenya Army is the land arm of the Kenya Defence Forces. The origins of the present day Kenya Army can be traced back to the British Army's King's African...
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Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Kenya is a cabinet-level office in charge of defense-related matters of Kenya. It oversees the Kenya Defence Forces. It is...
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Charles Muriu Kahariri (category National Defence College, Kenya alumni)
General Charles Muriu Kahariri is a Kenyan senior military officer, who was appointed the Chief of the Defence Forces of Kenya effective 2 May 2024. He replaced...
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Francis Omondi Ogolla (redirect from 2024 Kenyan Air Force Bell UH-1 crash)
2024) was a Kenyan military officer who served from April 2023 to April 2024 as the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). Ogolla...
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Julius Waweru Karangi (category Elders of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya)
retired Kenyan military officer who was Chief of the General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces from 2011 until 2015. Julius Karangi joined the Kenya Air Force...
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Robert Kariuki Kibochi (category Personnel of the Kenya Army)
Kibochi is a Kenyan military officer who served from May 2020 to May 2023 as the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). He was...
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president is also the head of the executive branch of the Government of Kenya and is the commander-in-chief of the Kenya Defence Forces. The country's current...
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The Kenya Special Forces are units tasked with special operations found within the three branches of the Kenya Defence Forces and are under Special Forces...
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The Kenya Navy is the naval branch of the Kenya Defence Forces. It is headquartered in Mombasa. Kenya Navy has two major bases for its fleet with it being...
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Samson Mwathethe (category Kenyan military personnel)
Mwathethe, is a Kenyan military officer. Effective April 2015 to May 2020, he was the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), the...
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Council. The Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces is drawn from one of the branches of the Armed Forces, the Kenya Army, the Kenya Navy or the Kenya Air Force...
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Jeremiah Kianga (category Personnel of the Kenya Army)
principle of Kaizen-continuous development for all officers in the Kenya Defence Forces. During his tenure he established collaborations with local universities...
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Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces (CINCLAND), was a senior officer in the British Army. CINCLAND commanded HQ Land Forces, an administrative apparatus that...
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Head of the Armed Forces is the position of the sovereign of the United Kingdom as commander-in-chief of the British Armed Forces. Supreme military authority...
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National Defence College, Kenya (NDCK) is a training facility under NDU-K https://ndu.ac.ke/ for senior commanders in the Military of Kenya, including...
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Mahamoud Mohamed (category Personnel of the Kenya Army)
found guilty of five overt acts and sentenced to death by hanging. Mohamed would remain the Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces for the next...
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As such Defence Intelligence occupies a unique position within the UK intelligence community. The organisation is headed by the Chief of Defence Intelligence...
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governed by the Kenya Defence Forces Act of 2012. The President of Kenya is the commander-in-chief of all the armed forces. The armed forces are regularly...
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The Kenya Army Band is the primary military musical unit in the Kenya Army and by extension Kenya Defence Forces. From independence it was the only band...
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The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda. From 2007 to 2011, the International...
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The South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF), formerly the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), is the military force of South Sudan. The SPLA was...
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Bipin Rawat (category Chiefs of Defence Staff (India))
who was a four-star general of the Indian Army. He served as the first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of the Indian Armed Forces from January 2020 until his...
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military ranks of Kenya are the military insignia used by the Kenya Defence Forces. Being a former colony of the United Kingdom, Kenya shares a rank structure...
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Venance Salvatory Mabeyo (category Date of birth not in Wikidata)
"Likely future TPDF chief gets key post". The Citizen. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2022. "Tanzania Chief of Defence Forces goes to Njombe to contain...
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(18 December 2023). "How General Francis Ogolla is Demystifying Chief of Defence Forces Position". Nation Africa. Retrieved 28 December 2023. "Major General...
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north of the capital. Britain offers training opportunities in the UK to the Kenyan military and conducts joint exercises with the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF)...
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