The man Commanding the joint EAC troops, which comprise among others 902 Kenyan troops, mandated with dealing with M23 rebels and restoring peace in Eastern Congo, is no stranger to high level peace keeping deployment.
Maj. Gen. Jeff Nyagah has a highly decorated military career spanning over 30 years. His most recent high level posting was Sector II Commander of AMISOM, and Contingent Commander of Kenyan troops serving in Somalia under AMISOM.
Born in Loitokitok, Kajiado district, Major General Nyagah, the last-born in a family of three children, went to school in the same area and joined KDF in 1991 as a cadet officer and was commissioned the following year in 1992.
Nyagah is the man who led Kenyan troops when the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) made the incursion into Somalia in pursuit of al-Shabaab terrorists in October 2011. By then, he was a Lieutenant Colonel.
That KDF troops had never engaged in a full-fledged war was not lost on the Ministry of Defence mandarins, who had made the decision for the incursion in pursuit of the al-Shabaab.
It was during the rainy season in a treacherous terrain, but this did not dissuade a determined Col Nyagah and the troops he was leading. It is in honour of the day he led the gallant soldiers that the ministry saw it fit to dedicate October 14 as KDF Day.
The troops had stopped at a GSU base in Harhar to await final orders. But when they just crossed the border, Col Nyagah lost Corporal Kiptum, the first casualty. It is this man who pushed al-Shabaab from close to the Kenya-Somalia border into the interior, where they remain.
His daring actions buoyed the morale of the soldiers under his command. He has twice been deployed to African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) due to his bravery.
Major General Nyagah has already registered his entry into DRC in style. This week, he assured the world that no one will take Goma. He pledged to protect Goma Airport.
Nyagah, has called upon the armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to cease hostilities against the population.
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John Walukhe Released, Chicken Thief Jailed For 17 Years ~ This Life Has No Balance
A chicken thief was denied bail and jailed for 17 years. A chicken goes for Kshs 700 meaning every year served in prison was equivalent to Kshs 41.
Sirisia MP John Walukhe is a free man despite looting Kshs 300M from NCPB. Since he was convicted, amekuwa nje mara mingi kuliko akiwa jela. He has been granted bail a record 4 times!
If all animals were the equal , Walukhe would have been denied bail like the chicken thief, and jailed for 7,317 years (300M /41).
Today, the second batch of 200 troops from Kenya joined their counterparts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to support restoration of peace in Eastern DRC.
The team is part of about 903 Kenya Defence Forces troops who have been deployed to neutralize M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a joint regional operation.
IG Eng. Japheth Koome: A Quick Look At The Impeccable Profile of The Man On A Mission To Solve Kenya’s Insecurity Puzzle
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The new IG has served in the police service for the past 31 years, having been enlisted in the then Kenya Police Force in 1991 as a Police Constable.
This is after graduating from the University of Nairobi in 1990, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.
Koome developed passion for police work while he was still a student at Kagumo High School and it is while in form five that he would visit Kenya Police College – Kiganjo twice a week under a programme dubbed, Kenya Police Cadet Cops, to learn police work.