Nkaissery nominated Interior Cabinet Secretary

By KBC Reporters

Nkaissery takes over from Joseph ole Lenku (File)

President Uhuru Kenyatta has cracked the whip following Monday night Mandera attack, sacking Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku and subsequently nominating Joseph Ole Nkaissery as his replacement.

I have nominated Hon. Major General (rtd) Joseph Nkaissery as the new Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government. I hope the National Assembly will expedite the process of his vetting and approval, he said.

The President announced the changes at Statehouse Nairobi during a Media briefing Tuesday afternoon following the Mandera killings by Al-shabaab militants that left 36 people dead and several others injured.

The MP for Kajiado Central takes over the security docket from Joseph ole Lenku under whose tenure, the country has suffered a spate of security lapses.

At the same time the President also accepted the resignation of the Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo who now heads for retirement.

The president said, Mr David Kimaiyo offered to retire and I have accepted the retirement request. I therefore take this opportunity to thank Mr David Kimaiyo for his many years of service to our nation.

The changes come barely days after increased pressure from civil societies and Kenyans on the President to relieve the two of their duties over their perceived failure to arrest the runaway insecurity in the country.

Joseph Ole Lenku becomes the first Cabinet Secretary to lose his job under the Jubilee government after barely serving for 20 months, while Kimaiyo had served for 2 years since his appointment as IG in December 2012.

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