Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇺🇬 Uganda · Army	NATO equivalent	Kenya · Army 🇰🇪
Officers
General	OF-9 General	General
Lieutenant general	OF-8 Lieutenant General	Lieutenant general
Major general	OF-7 Major General	Major general
Brigadier general	OF-6 Brigadier General	Brigadier
Colonel	OF-5 Colonel	Colonel
Lieutenant colonel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant colonel
Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Major
Captain	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Captain
Lieutenant Second lieutenant	OF-1 Lieutenant	Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Officer cadet	OF-D Student Officer	No equivalent
Enlisted ranks
Warrant officer class 1	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Warrant officer class 1
Warrant officer class 2	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Warrant officer class 2
Staff sergeant	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Senior sergeant
Sergeant	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Sergeant
Corporal	OR-4 Corporal	Corporal
Lance corporal	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Lance corporal
Private (or equivalent)	OR-1 Private	Private (or equivalent)

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.