The political & security duality of Uhuru's good decision.

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Lokwang Ekitela Augustine, Capt (Rtd)
Project Coordinator- Conflict & Security Mapping at Danish Refugee Council / Dansk Flygtningehjælp

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"I saw the duality of your decision Mr. President, you hit at ODM coalition, you actually did weaken the opposition by appointing an ODM political supremo one Maj General Nkaisery into your government as a the CS Interior Ministry, I liked the way you minded the fact that Ole Lenku was a Maasai and so you replaced him with one of their own, you actually appealed the Maasai Nation to safeguard their votes for 2017, on the hand you did well by administering the soft surgery on top level security management of our country.

While Jubilee & ODM party/coalition politics would certainly be expected played over the appointment of the new Interior CS Maj General (Rtd) Nkaisery belonging to the ODM camp, let it be clear to every critic of the government decision that the few kind of Nkaisery are a rare crop the state needed to fix the security quagmire, certainly few will be seeing it best value for Kenyans' tax.

The dividends for this major & timely changes in the strategic leadership of the mentioned national security agencies is the shared, seamless & consultative strategic security thinking that would follow joint security operations opposed to what has been piece-meal rivaly ridden operations.

It's not to say the panacea to our security challenges is here with the appointments but the changes are an opportunity for better & systemic strategic realignment of the strategic part of security & it's tactical part of it, structurally meshing the strategic & tactical ends of security to for security operations to be informed by agile/flexible and interactive two ends.

With the changes here with us, I would reiterate the president's rhetoric that security remains a shared responsibility and as such, the new persons in the highest offices will require the public support and commitment to fix insecurity within our borders.

For General Nkaisery, this is one such times when the politics of parties became inconsequential to service to the people of Kenya, your years of service as a patriot in the Kenya Defense Forces both in active soldiery & as an assistant minister for defense made you seen and appointment beyond the prism of your political party perceptions.

You therefore have an enormous role and at the same time an opportunity to help Kenya and craft a legacy for yourself. Certainly you have all you need to do this!!

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