Jackson Mulinge

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

During the Malayan Emergency, Mulinge served as a Warrant Officer Platoon Commander in 3rd Battalion, the King's African Rifles c1952-53. Thirteen years after the Malayan tour, he attended the Imperial Defence College in London.[1]

He served as Commander, Kenya Army from 1971[2]-1978.[3]

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.[4]

References
  1. Malcolm Page, "King's African Rifles: A History," Pen and Sword, 2011.
  2. Daniel Opande (2019). In Pursuit of Peace in Africa. East African Educational Publishers. p. 67. ISBN 9966564314.
  3. Kenya Yearbook 2010
  4. Central Intelligence Agency, "Kenya: The Ethnic Key to Moi's Future," p.7
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