- Fabian Lengusuranga, a colonel from the Kenya Special Forces, was introduced as President William Ruto’s aide de camp
- The paratrooper is among the many most extremely educated troopers within the nation, with their base of operation being in Gilgil
- TUKO.co.ke highlighted the recruitment and expensive coaching that makes the elite unit the deadliest in Kenya
When President William Ruto took over from Uhuru Kenyatta, he inherited the latter’s aide de camp Timothy Lekolool.
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Fabian Lengusuranga a paratrooper
Kenyans grew keen on the towering brigadier from Samburu, with many pleading with Ruto to retain him.
Nonetheless, the president had different plans and shortly changed Lekolool with Fabian Lengusuranga, a extremely educated military officer.
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Whereas a piece of Kenyans poked enjoyable at Lengusuranga due to his top, he’s arguably extra deadly than Lekolool, as he’s a Inexperienced Beret.
The paratrooper belongs to the KDF Special Forces, the equal of America’s Seals or Rangers.
Little is thought in regards to the Gilgil-based unit, which is among the many KDF’s crème de la crème, and rising to the rank of colonel isn’t any stroll within the park.
The unit, whose motto is ‘just for the particular breed of males’, was first made public after KDF troopers went to Somalia in 2011. Nation experiences that the squad was the primary to set foot in Kismayu and fewer than 50 of them secured the touchdown for different troopers.
Kenya Special Forces coaching
The extremely educated and well-equipped troopers have been additionally deployed through the 2013 Westgate siege.
Special Forces get their recruits from the navy, air pressure and military, with solely these underneath 27 years of age and a imply of C+ in KCSE being accepted.
The volunteers endure a two-year coaching program after the nine-week fundamental fight coaching.
Lengusuranga’s unit enjoys higher pay than its friends and undergoes specialised coaching in Israel, america and different international locations.
The Special Forces, who usually parachute from planes and rappel from helicopters, are among the many few items within the world to have the FN SCAR rifle, a high-tech weapon manufactured in Belgium for the US.
Their coaching is so rigorous that each one ladies recruits drop out, and solely 1 / 4 of all those that join make it via.
In 2020, the US splurged KSh 527 million on coaching the elite unit at varied US military bases and elite army schools.
With all this in thoughts, Lengusuranga is a deadly operative, despite the fact that his duties as ADC don’t embody defending Ruto.
Ruto inherits Uhuru’s bodyguard
Elsewhere, TUKO.co.ke reported that Ruto inherited Pepita Ranka, a extremely educated officer in command of the president’s safety.
On Friday, September 16, when the president flew in a Kenya Air Power helicopter to Naivasha for the Kenya Kwanza parliamentary group assembly, Ranka was already on the bottom for surveillance.
In typical vogue, Ranka had a faux arm permitting his precise hand, presumably holding a firearm, to react rapidly to threats in opposition to the president.
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