Julius Waweru Karangi


Julius Waweru Karangi is a retired General of the Kenya Defense Forces. Until May 4, 2015 he was the Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces. The Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces is the highest-ranking military officer in the Kenya Defence Forces and the principal military adviser to the President of the Republic of Kenya and the National Security Council.

Military career

Julius Karangi joined the Kenya Air Force in 1973. He went on to train as a cadet in the UK, whereby he was commissioned as an officer in 1974. After getting qualified as a flight navigator in October 1975, he was posted to the Flying Wing Kenya Air Force as a navigator.
On 13 July 2011 he was promoted to the rank of General and appointed the new Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces ,a post he held until his retirement from military service on May 4, 2015.

Honours and awards

General Karangi has received the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya, the Order of the Burning Spear as well as the Legion of Merit.