History of Commanders of the Kenya Air Force

List of Commanders of the Kenya Air Force

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Group captain Ian S Stockwell, CBE,DFC,AFC	1 June 1964	22 Feb 1967	2 years, 266 days
2		Group captain Fred Rothwell, DFC,TD	23 Feb 1967	09 Aug 1971	4 years, 167 days
3		Group captain David John Edwards, CBE,AFC	10 Aug 1971	16 Apr 1973	1 year, 249 days
4		Colonel Dedan Njuguna Gichuru, EBS, ‘awc’ (USA)	17 Apr 1973	26 Jun 1980	7 years, 70 days
5		Major general Patrick Mwagiru Kariuki, ‘psc’ (UK)	27 Jun 1980	11 Aug 1982	2 years, 45 days
6		Lieutenant general Mohamed Haji Barrow Mohamud, EGH,CBS,UM,DCO	12 Aug 1982	13 Mar 1986	3 years, 213 days
7		Major general Dedan Njuguna Gichuru, CBS,EBS ‘awc’ (USA)	14 Feb 1986	9 May 1989	3 years, 84 days
8		Major general Duncan Kireri Wachira, CBS,’awc’ (USA), ‘acsc'(USA)	10 May 1989	28 June 1994	5 years, 49 days
9		Major general Nick Letoluo Leshan, MGH,CBS,DCO ‘awc’ (USA), ‘acsc'(USA)	29 June 1994	30 Nov 2000	6 years, 154 days
10		Major general Simon Kiplimo Muttai, MGH,CBS,’awc’ (USA), ‘psc'(UK)	01 Dec 2000	26 Nov 2003	2 years, 360 days
11		Major general Julius Waweru Karangi, MGH,CBS,’ndc’ (K), ‘psc'(K)	27 Nov 2003	09 Aug 2005	1 year, 255 days
12		Major general Harold M. Tangai, MGH,EBS,DCO ‘ndc’ (K), ‘psc'(K)	10 Aug 2005	12 Jul 2011	5 years, 336 days
13		Major general Joff Otieno, MGH,EBS,DCO,OGW ‘awc’ (USA), ‘psc'(K)	13 Jul 2011	30 Jul 2014	3 years, 17 days
14		Major general Samuel Nganga Thuita, MGH,EBS,OGW ‘ndc’ (K), ‘psc'(K)	31 July 2014	13 July 2018	3 years, 347 days
15		Major general Francis Omondi Ogolla, MGH,EBS,HSC ‘ndc’ (K) ‘psc’ (FRA)	14 July 2018	22 July 2021	3 years, 8 days
16		Major general John Mugaravai Omenda, EBS,SS,OGW ‘rcds’ (UK) ‘psc’ (K)	23 July 2021	Incumbent