NEWS MAKERS | The rise and rise of Joseph Ole Lenku

Born in a humble Maa village in Kajiado County, the son of the area chief rose above cultural norms to become a hotelier. That hotelier would later be appointed cabinet secretary interior, a position that would serve as the greatest test of his ability to handle a national security emergency. According to the public jury, his handling of the Westgate terror attack in Nairobi illustrated inability and ineffectiveness in heading such a sensitive docket. Six years later joseph Ole Lenku talks of the pain the online massacre on his character caused him and how that fuelled a fire in him to rise above his critics and lead again; this time as Kajiado county governor.