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Major General Chikunkha Harrison Elijah Soko
Major General Chikunkha Harrison Elijah Soko is a senior military official in the Malawi Defence Force. BMT has nominated him for Icons of Mzikubola.
He has served as Land Forces Commander for the Malawi Defence Force, and previously held critical roles including Acting Chief of Training at MDF Headquarters and Deputy Commandant of the Malawi Armed Forces College (MAFCO).
Earlier in his military career he served as Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the State President of Malawi; BMT records that service from 2006 to 2009.
He is an alumnus of Chaminade Secondary School in Malawi, whose former-students chapter he has chaired, and he studied at the United States Military Academy at West Point, later completing the Airborne and Ranger courses at Fort Benning.
Biography supplied by BMT and confirmed for publication in October 2026. Public sources name him Major General Chikunkha Harrison Soko; the middle name Elijah is as supplied by BMT. The sources below corroborate his service as Land Forces Commander, his role as Deputy Commandant of MAFCO, his time as an Aide-de-Camp to the State President, his Chaminade alumni association and his study at West Point.
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