President William Ruto has made changes in Kenya's military across the Kenya Army, the Kenya Air Force, the Kenya Navy and the National Defence University. The changes involved appointments, postings and promotions across the country's defence apparatus.
In the announcement made on Friday, June 27, Ruto promoted Major General David Kipkemboi Ketter to Lieutenant General and appointed him as the Commander Kenya Army. He replaced Lieutenant General David Kimaiyo Chemwaina Tarus, who has been redeployed to the National Defence University-Kenya (NDU-K) as the Vice Chancellor.
Before his new appointment as Commander Kenya Army, Lieutenant General Ketter was the Assistant Chief of Defence Forces in charge of Personnel and Logistics.
In addition, the President appointed Major General Benard Waliaula as the Commander Kenya Air Force.
