Kenya interior minister, police chief replaced after massacre
A Kenyan protester during a demonstration to call for greater security after a wave of Shebab attacks. By Tony Karumba (AFP/File)
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya's interior minister and police chief were removed from their posts on Tuesday, hours after Somalia's Shebab rebels carried out a fresh massacre in the northeast of the country.
President Uhuru Kenyatta said in a televised address to the nation that he had replaced interior minister Joseph Ole Lenku, and accepted a "retirement request" from police chief David Kimaiyo.