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President Uhuru Kenyatta for the first time has spoken
about his former Interior CS Joseph ole Lenku, describing him
in an emotional meeting as as an "embarrassment" to his
government and the country.

Kenyatta sacked Lenku on December 2 and replaced him with
former Kajiado Central MP Joseph Nkaissery. Both men are
Maasai.

The firing followed a series of terrorist attacks and insecurity
since Lenku took over in 2013, the latest being massacres in
Mandera county by al-Shabaab militia that claimed at least
64 lives.

At the same time, the President accepted the resignation of
Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo, also widely
criticised for security failures.
Kenyatta had some positive words about Kimaiyo when he
departed, but he said nothing about Lenku who had lost the
public's confidence.

The President spoke candidly about Lenku on Monday when
he met a delegation of mostly Maasai leaders from Kajiado at
State House, Nairobi, to discuss the upcoming Kajiado
byelection on March 16 to replace Nkaissery.

Those in attendance included Nkaissery, Jubilee chief Whip
Katoo ole Metito, Kajiado East MP Peris Tobiko, Kajiado
Senator Peter Mositet, Kajiado county Assembly Speaker John
Osoi, Josiah Tarayia Kores, Kenya Meat Commission
Chairman; politician,Solomon Kinyanjui, Kajiado Central
aspirant Patrick Tutui (the Jubilee Alliance Party choice and
several MCAs.

Uhuru, according to sources in the two-hour meeting, told
Jubilee chief whip Katoo ole Metito; “I am very embarrassed
with you. I never knew Joseph ole Lenku, you brought him to
me and he caused embarrassment to the nation.”
The President is reported to have said Lenku failed to perform
and accused Metito of misleading him into hiring a person he
knew was totally unsuited for the job.

Metito, a former Internal Security minister, is reported to have
asked Uhuru to nominate Lenku to the position soon after
elections in 2013. Lenku was nominated in May.
Yesterday neither Metito nor Lenku responded to calls and
text messages seeking comment.

It is said Uhuru summoned the leaders to State House after
they failed to agree on one candidate before the Jubilee
Alliance Party nominated Patrick ole Tutui last week.
The President is also said to have told off Kores, chairman of
the Kenya Meat Commission, for "letting me down".

He was quoted by a source as saying: “You are no better. You
are taking me and the Jubilee Alliance for granted. I gave you
a chopper in the last general election to use in the campaigns
but you also caused the party to lose the Kajiado Central
parliamentary seat and that of governor.

“I told you to step down for Peter Mositet so Mositet could run
for governor's seat so you could go for the senate seat, but
you refused. I am being told you are bragging the Jubilee
coalition is your personal property in Kajiado. I do not
entertain such nonsense anymore, this party does not belong
to you," an angry Kenyatta is said to have told Kores.

The President is said to have taken on Kores after Solomon
Kinyanjui, who also vied for the senate seat and lost in the
last general election, stood up and accused the politician of
high-handedness in running of party affairs in Kajiado.
Kinyanjui told the President that one of the difficulties of
persuading people to join the Jubilee Alliance is people like
Kores and others who are use the party as their personal
property.

Earlier, Nkaissery had declined to attend the meeting until
Purko MCA Samuel Kipaika was removed — the two men do
not get along. After consulting Nkaissery, the President asked
Kipaika to leave. Other MCAS attending the highly charged
meeting included Josiah Toshi, Lesalaon Seki, Joseph
Mutunkei and Ntintinyo ole Sere.

Source: The Star