Benjamin K. Maswili

Position: Lecturer

Department: Department of Sacred Liturgy

Specialisation: Moral Theology

Col (Rtd) Fr. Dr. Benjamin K. Maswili, AJ is a retired Kenya Defence Forces officer born on 25th January 1964 in Makueni County, Kaiti Sub-County, Kilala Location, Kaumoni Sub-Location. He attended Kaumoni Boys Secondary School (1979-1982) before joining Apostles of Jesus Major Seminary in 1984, and was ordained a priest on 24th July 1993. He taught Christian Religious Education at St. Joseph Minor Seminary Aboke, Lira Diocese, Uganda (1994-1996), then joined the Kenya Defence Forces in 1997. From 2016 to 2024 he served as both the Roman Catholic Principal Chaplain and the Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Kenya.

Roman Catholic Principal Chaplain & Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Kenya (2016-2024)

COL (RTD) FR. DR. BENJAMIN K. MASWILI, AJ, a retired Kenya Defence Forces Officer, was born on January 25th, 1964, in Makueni County, Kaiti Sub-County, Kilala Location, Kaumoni-Sub Location. He attended Kaumoni Boys Secondary School from 1979 to 1982 before pursuing theological studies at Apostles of Jesus Major Seminary. Ordained as a priest on July 24th, 1993, he taught Christian Religious Education at St. Joseph Minor Seminary in Aboke, Lira Diocese, Uganda, from 1994 to 1996. In 1997, Maswili joined the Kenya Defence Forces, receiving military basic training and serving diligently. From 2016 to 2024, he held dual roles as the Roman Catholic Principal Chaplain and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Kenya, showcasing his leadership in both spiritual guidance and administrative oversight within the military.

Education: Doctorate in Sacred Liturgy; Theological Studies; Secondary Education; The Proper Use of Liturgical Spaces: A Case Study in the Kenya Defence Forces. Nairobi: CUEA Press, 2017; Validity of Infant Baptism: An Ongoing Debate in the Military Ordinariate of Kenya. Published in African Christian Studies, Vol. 31, No. 1, March 2015

Maswili, B. K. (2017). The Proper Use of Liturgical Spaces: A Case Study in the Kenya Defence Forces. CUEA Press.

Maswili, B. K. (2015). Validity of Infant Baptism: An Ongoing Debate in the Military Ordinariate of Kenya. African Christian Studies.