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Lieutenant Colonel J. C. J. Kimaro was the first Kenyan to command the Kenya Navy, replacing Royal Navy officer Commander W. A. E. Hall in 1972. He was killed in a car accident in 1978.
References
Moore, John (1974). Jane's Fighting Ships 1974-75. London: Jane's. p. 598. ISBN0354005065.