Mahamoud Mohamed
Mohamud Haji Mohamed Barrow | |
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General Mohamud Haji Mohamed Barrow (
Commander Kenya Army
.
Career
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]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 1780765010.
- ^ IWGIA Newsletter, Issue 37. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. 1984. p. 96.
- ISBN 0313313334.
- ^ United States. Dept. of State. Bureau of African Affairs (1983). AF Press Clips. p. 64.
- ^ Society. Nyamora Communications Limited. 1992. p. 12.
- ^ Gachuhi, Roy (11 December 2009). "How heroic trio of fighter pilots scuttled mission to bomb State House and GSU". nation.co.ke. Retrieved 1 August 2012.