MPs file motion to impeach Lenku
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- The MPs on the other hand tore into the performance of Mr Lenku as the minister in charge of the security of Kenyans saying it had been dismissal and he should be dismissed. They also cautioned the government against politicising the attack.
Cord MPs have filed a Motion to impeach Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku.
The lawmakers claimed Mr Lenku had failed to take full charge of his docket as the Parliamentary Administration and National Security Committee demanded investigations into the role of the Mombasa Republican Council in the Mpeketoni attacks.
Committee members lashed out at security agencies and intelligence forces accusing them of “sleeping on the job” and demanded that President Kenyatta cracks the whip.
“What happened in Mpeketoni is real impunity and depicts the state of unpreparedness by our security agencies. This country is under attack by Al-Shabaab and their friends and it can’t be business as usual,” chairman Asman Kamama said.
Addressing a press conference, the committee asked President Kenyatta to make changes in the security force.
“We are very concerned as a committee that after giving an ultimatum to security agencies on the need to improve our security systems, nothing decisive has been done considering the number of attacks we have had,” Mr Kamama said.
The MPs on the other hand tore into the performance of Mr Lenku as the minister in charge of the security of Kenyans saying it had been dismissal and he should be dismissed. They also cautioned the government against politicising the attack.
Kisumu Central MP Ken Obura said they expect the motion to receive massive support in the House considering the litany of failures at the Interior Ministry.
The MPs addressed the Press yesterday at Parliament moments after the committee issued its statement.
