Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An nada Manjo Janar Senanayake Shugaban Hafsoshin Sojoji a ranar 22 ga Maris, 2017, sannan aka daukaka shi zuwa mukamin Laftanar Janar da Kwamandan Sojoji ta hanyar umarnin Shugaba Maithripala Sirisena a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 2017. A lokacin mulkinsa an tattara sojoji kuma an tura su a lokuta da yawa, don taimakawa hukumomin farar hula lokacin da aka ayyana dokar ta baci sakamakon rikicin da aka yi wa musulmai a shekarar 2018 da kuma fashewar Easter na shekarar 2019.
kawo yanayin tsaro karkashin iko. A ranar 21 ga Agusta 2019, ya yi ritaya daga rundunar, bayan da aka daukaka shi zuwa mukamin Janar. An maye gurbinsa a matsayin Kwamandan Sojoji da Manjo Janar Shavendra Silva, Shugaban Ma'aikatan Sojoji.