Mohamud Haji Mohamed | |
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Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | Kenya Defence Forces |
Years of service | 1955–1996 |
Rank | General |
Commands held | Chief of General Staff Deputy Commander Kenya Army [note 1] |
Battles/wars |
General Mohamud Haji Mohamed Barrow ( Somali: Maxamuud Maxamed) is a former Kenyan military commander, and was Chief of General Staff of the Kenyan military [1] and Commander Kenya Army.
Mohamed was born to an ethnic Somali community in northeastern Kenya. [2] [3] His younger brother Hussein Maalim Mohamed was Kenya's Minister of State in the office of the presidency, the first Somali to be appointed to the cabinet. [4]
He was Deputy Commander Kenya Army from 1979 to 1981.
On 1 August 1982, Mohamed commanded Kenyan military and police forces in a successful suppression of a coup d'état attempt against then President of Kenya Daniel arap Moi. [5] The putsch had been staged by a group of low-ranking military officers led by Senior Private Hezekiah Ochuka, who was later found guilty of five overt acts and sentenced to death by hanging. [6]
Mohamed would remain the Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces for the next ten years. [1]
Mohamud Haji Mohamed | |
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Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | Kenya Defence Forces |
Years of service | 1955–1996 |
Rank | General |
Commands held | Chief of General Staff Deputy Commander Kenya Army [note 1] |
Battles/wars |
General Mohamud Haji Mohamed Barrow ( Somali: Maxamuud Maxamed) is a former Kenyan military commander, and was Chief of General Staff of the Kenyan military [1] and Commander Kenya Army.
Mohamed was born to an ethnic Somali community in northeastern Kenya. [2] [3] His younger brother Hussein Maalim Mohamed was Kenya's Minister of State in the office of the presidency, the first Somali to be appointed to the cabinet. [4]
He was Deputy Commander Kenya Army from 1979 to 1981.
On 1 August 1982, Mohamed commanded Kenyan military and police forces in a successful suppression of a coup d'état attempt against then President of Kenya Daniel arap Moi. [5] The putsch had been staged by a group of low-ranking military officers led by Senior Private Hezekiah Ochuka, who was later found guilty of five overt acts and sentenced to death by hanging. [6]
Mohamed would remain the Chief of General Staff of the Kenya Defence Forces for the next ten years. [1]