Former Uhuru CS reveals how he requested to be sacked from cabinet
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Ole Lenku reveals the day he requested Former President Uhuru Kenyatta to sack him from Interior CS position
Ole Lenku reveals the day he requested Former President Uhuru Kenyatta to sack him from Interior CS position.
Kajiado Governor, Joseph Ole Lenku has detailed that he walked into State House and requested to be fired from his Cabinet Secretary Position at the Ministry of Interior and Coordination.
The former CS had earlier said, as reported by the Kenya Yearbook Editorial Board, that he went to the former President and asked to be fired as he felt the pressure from the docket was too much.
Ole Lenku, was serving as the CS between 2013 to 2014 when the country experienced a series of terrorism.
The then CS came under heavy criticism from Kenyans as he was termed as clueless and lacking in experience to run the highly sensitive docket.
During his tenure, Kenya experienced the Westgate Attack, where the Minister delivered a speech stating that terrorists were burning mattresses in the mall.
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The speech painted him in a bad light, a factor which he explains he later turned around to his favour in the Governor position, campaigns.
However, the then-president, Uhuru Kenyatta, gave in to the public outcry and the CS’s request when he sacked him alongside the Inspector General at the time; David Kimaiyo.
Ole Lenku explained that he had not intended, in any way, to be a CS, and his appointment came as a surprise.
Lenku narrated that he had applied for a position as a Permanent Secretary and had been shortlisted for the position already.
“I was called to State House and I was hoping that the President would confirm my appointment as PS. But in an interesting turn of events, I was appointed CS for Interior. I think that drama is in the public (domain),” Lenku had said in a previous interview.
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