Ben Uuyamba Kadhila
Born (1958-06-01) 1 June 1958
Namibia
(then South-West Africa, South Africa)
Allegiance Namibia
Service/branchNamibian Army
Rank Major General
Commands held
  • Chief of Staff: Joint Operations[1]
  • Commander Special Forces.


Battles/warsNamibian War of Independence
Awards
  • Grand Command of the Most Excellent Order of Namibia, Second Class

Major General Ben Uuyamba Kadhila is a retired Namibian military officer whose last appointment was as Chief Joint Operations of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF). He served as the first Commander of the Namibian Special Forces, he retired in July 2018.

PLAN career

During the Cuito Cuanavale battles Kadhila was the commander of PLAN'S Tiger battalion attached to FAPLA and Cuban forces.[2] He also served as the Chief of Staff PLAN eighth Battalion[2]

NDF career

Major General Kadhila[3] was inducted into the NDF in 1990 with the rank of captain. He progressed through various ranks until being promoted to colonel and appointed as senior staff officer current operations.[4] From 1998 to 2001 he was the first contingent commander of Namibian forces deployed to the DRC under operation Atlantic. In 2005 as a colonel, he attended the Kenya National Defence College, after which he joined the Special Forces earning his parachute jump wings and appointed as commander Special Forces. He was promoted to brigadier general and appointed as deputy joint operations chief. His last appointment was as chief of staff Joint Operations[5]

Retirement

After retirement General Kadhila was appointed as managing director of Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik.

Qualifications

  • 2005 NDC - Kenya[6]
  • psc qualification - Zimbabwe

Honours and decorations

Proficiency and Qualification Badges

  • Parachute Wings(Static line)
  • Special Forces Operator Badge

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen kadhila - GRN Portal". Mod.gov.na. 2018-07-05. Retrieved 2022-09-02.
  2. 1 2 https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/46064/Hellao_Implementation_2014.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  3. ↑ "Visit By Namibia Defence Forces". www.mod.go.ke. Archived from the original on 2017-07-25.
  4. ↑ Ndawedapo, E (July 2018). "Mag Gen Kadhila retires". NDF Journal. 6: 14.
  5. ↑ "SADC prepares for joint military exercise".
  6. ↑ "2005". Archived from the original on 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2020-04-06.


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