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Place of Birth: Loitokitok, Kenya
About Joseph Ole Lenku
- Joseph Jama Ole Lenku (born 20 October 1970) is a Kenyan politician who is serving as the second Governor of Kajiado County after emerging triumphant in the Kenyan General Elections held on 8th of August 2017.
- Lenku was Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government from 2013 to 2014. Ole Lenku is a graduate of the University of Nairobi, where he obtained his Master of Business Administration in strategic management and Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing.
- He has worked in different management positions for various hotels in Kenya and Tanzania. On 23 May 2013, Ole Lenku was appointed Secretary in President Uhuru Kenyatta's cabinet, surprisingly with no experience on security matters, becoming the only Maasai person appointed and the pioneering chief executive of the newly created ministry under Kenya's new constitution.
- During his first year in office, Ole Lenku steered significant reforms in the security sector, including a robust crack-down on drug trafficking, reforms of the police force and increase in its budget and devolution of security.
- In the wake of the terrorist attack on the Westgate Mall in September 2013, Lenku spearheaded the rolling out of a new security framework known as "Nyumba Kumi" (ten households) anchored on the larger concept of community policing.Ole Lenku's appointment came as Kenya was transitioning to a new constitutional dispensation as well as a devolved government.
- His tenure as Cabinet Secretary has also been met with increased acts of terrorism culminating in the Westgate Mall attack, which left 69 dead and scores of people injured.
- On 17 June 2014, Lenku dismissed calls for his resignation by the opposition and civil society led by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK).
- On 25 June 2014, Member of Parliament for Kisumu Central Ken Obura, a member of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD), gave a notice of the motion to impeach Ole Lenku, who fought back as the motion collapsed when the opposition quickly retreated.Following repeated Al-Shabaab attacks in Kenya amongst other security lapses, Ole Lenku was dropped from his post on 2 December 2014, with Kenyatta nominating Joseph Ole Nkaissery to replace him.
- In August of 2017 Joseph ole Lenku was inaugurated as the second Governor of Kajiado County.
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