Uhuru Kenyatta announces security shake -up ,
firing interior minister after al-Shabab claims
slaughter of 36 people .
Uhuru Kenyatta, the Kenyan president , has sacked
his interior minister and accepted early retirement
for the head of the police , hours after Somalia' s
armed group al-Shabab said its fighters had killed
at least 36 people at a stone quarry in the
northeastern city of Mandera.
In a televised address, Kenyatta on Tuesday vowed
to continue the fight against al- Shabab and
announced a security shake -up in which Interior
Minister Joseph Ole Lenko was dismissed .
Kenyatta named an opposition politician and
retired army general , Joseph Nkaissery , to be the
new Interior Minister, in charge of security.
At a news conference in the capital Nairobi, David
Kimaiyo, the police chief, announced he was
stepping down and that the president had
accepted his early retirement.
The two men have been responsible for the east
African nation' s security , which has deteriorated
amid a wave of deadly attacks blamed on al-
Shabab.
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