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President Ruto picks Aide-De-Camp from Kenya Army

by Enock Ndayala

Kenya’s President William Ruto has picked a new Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to replace retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Timothy Stelu Lekolool.

The President on Tuesday, October 4, picked Colonel Fabian Lengusuranga from the Kenya Army.

In his first assignment, Colonel Fabian Lengusuranga of the Kenya Army accompanied the Head of State Ruto to Nyeri for the burial of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s elder brother Reriani Gachagua.

Kenya’s President William Ruto has picked a new Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to replace retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Timothy Stelu Lekolool.
Kenya’s President William Ruto has picked a new Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to replace retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Timothy Stelu Lekolool. Photo: Standard.

Col. Lengusuranga was commissioned in 1999 and is a seasoned and decorated military officer serving as a senior Special Forces branch commander.

Lengusuranga will be deputized by Lt Col Damaris Agnetta who is also from the Kenya Army.

Agnetta now takes over from Rachael Nduta Kamui who was promoted to a full colonel and deployed to the Department of Defense headquarters.

She was commissioned in 2003 and has been serving as an Artillery officer.

Agnetta also served in the United Nation Observer Mission.

Lekolool, who previously served as retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s ADC between July 2018 and September 2022, was promoted to the rank of Brigadier.

As such, Lekolool, who made history by becoming the first Navy officer to be appointed ADC was deployed to the Department of Defence (DoD) Headquarters in Nairobi.

The Head of State has the liberty to choose his or her bodyguard.

Selection of Aide-de-Camps is normally done after consultation with the National Defence Council.

According to the Defence Council, the change is effected from time to time because of the career progression of officers.

“The Aide-De-Camp’s roles include managing the president’s diary and liaising with his or her main security team,

“The Defence Council can propose an Aide-de-Camp to the president, who has the last say on his preferred serviceman for the role,” Colonel Esther Wanjiku, the spokesperson of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) said.

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