With Lenku and Kimaiyo gone, Nkaissery has his work cut out

The exit of Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku and IG David Kimaiyo was an unfortunate but necessary first step towards securing Kenya. Unfortunate because in substantive terms, Kenya’s security situation has little to do with the inadequacies, real or imagined, of either Ole Lenku or Kimaiyo.

But as I argued in this column last week, public confidence in that duo had collapsed so spectacularly that the public support that is necessary in a war on insecurity could not have been obtained for as long as they were in charge. However, these two gentlemen’s being out of the security picture should not deceive us that we are out of the woods.