The soft-spoken and humble man behind the General’s tough face

The no-nonesense Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery was all smiles when met these students of a secondary school named after him. [Photo: file, Standard]

Behind the firm-faced, bully-like general was a humble, loving and dedicated family man.

This is the face of former army Major-General Joseph Kasaine Ole Nkaissery that Kenyans didn’t know as narrated through his wife, his close friends and himself in a rare interview with one of the local dailies and television station after his appointment to the Interior ministry in 2014.