UN appoints new commander for peace keepers in South Sudan
May 13, 2016 (JUBA) – United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, on Friday announced the appointment of Lieutenant General Johnson Mogoa Kimani of Kenya as the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
“The Secretary-General is grateful to Lieutenant General Tesfamariam for his dedication and invaluable service during his tenure in UNMISS,” partly reads the comment extended to Sudan Tribune.
General Kimani brings to the position more than 34 years of national and international military, command and staff experience.
UN has over 10,000 members of UNMISS but abandoned their mandate to protect civilians.
Having served as Deputy Army Chief of Staff-Command and Control of Kenya Armed Forces since 2013, General Kimani also previously served as General Officer-Commanding Western Command-Kenya Army (2012 to 2013) and Land Forces Component Commander of Kenya Defence Forces in Operations (2011 to 2012).
In addition, the General held the position of Sector Commander-United Nations Mission in Sudan from 2010 to 2011.
General Kimani has a bachelor’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the African Nazarene University in Kenya and is a graduate of the War College in the People’s Republic of China, and the Command and Staff College in the United States of America.
Born in 1960, he has three children.
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