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02.12.2014 Kenya

Kenya interior minister, police chief replaced after massacre

By AFP
A Kenyan protester during a demonstration to call for greater security after a wave of Shebab attacks.  By Tony Karumba AFPFileA Kenyan protester during a demonstration to call for greater security after a wave of Shebab attacks. By Tony Karumba (AFP/File)
02.12.2014 LISTEN

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.

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