Again, I beg to differ.

In the past, we had one "crisis" at a time confronting the head of internal security in particular and the Head of State in general.

Today, you have Mpeketoni, Baringo, terror attacks, mungiki, wildlife poaching, corruption, an ineffective Office of the Public Prosecutor letting out security risk suspects out on bond, constitutionally created road blocks, the ICC, and the social media fueled by cheap bundles and wide access to the internet via mobile gadgets, you name it.

And to this the challenges of some areas suffering drought while others are about to experience the el nino.

Add to this the fact that the Police fear being "taken to the Hague" like Gen. Hussein Ali for "doing" their job.

Add to this the many many more politicians on the public pay list and out of it.

Add to this the fact that the Police Officers are faced with the lack of support systems such as good housing and trade craft equipment. I read somewhere that the new admissions into the force are sleeping in canteens for lack of accommodation.

All these are balls in the air that need jiggling with which no past head of internal security has had to deal with.

In view of the foregoing, we have the same situation that faced the US after the fall of the Berlin Wall (Read Communism) and after 9/11. Nobody had "experience" or "expertise". Everybody had to learn on the "go".

And hence my point. The heads are the best "experts". Any new person(s) will have to start the learning curve from zero all over again.

thanks mahegoat. People love romanticising the past without putting issues in perspective. Assume Moi was elected in 1979 and given a country with the current challenges and current framework. See how he would hack it. In his time security threats meant robberies and cattle rustling the former which peaked in the 90s. There was the threat of political instability which Raila has brought to us today as he had during the Moi days. Moi never had alshabads to deal with!

Uhuru ate kiapo to be the leader of kenya, he MUST live up to that, al shaabab or no al shaabab.
We dont want flimsy excuses, if he want he would have been born in 30s to rule Kenya in 80s/90s or he would have been born later when terrorist would be a thing of the past.
Hatutaki nyenye...

Let me rephrase.

Past Imperial Heads of State had 1 to 10 unfamiliar, start up challenges to deal with.

Uhuruto, whose powers have been effectively constitutionally chopped off, have like 500 to 1000. That is the reality on the ground.

He does what M Zero One would have done by commissioning Safcon to put up a security system and Parliament comes up with a big f*** you.

Whether it was The Rt. Hon. or Ms. Karua or even the Monarchy who were in charge, the challenges would have still remained 500 to 1000.

In that regard, we have Hon. Ngilu taking care of the mess that is Lands, for example, despite the challenges she faced from the "Commission".

The Treasury Head boy has just done wonders at with the bond despite Anglo Leasing and the terror hits.

The point I am trying to make is that Mpeketoni has shown CS. Ole Lenku it is Kahindi Meruka time and he has to bite the bullet and "deliver."

Musical chairs will not solve anything other than the assuaging of the impression of frustration in ineffectiveness.

Nothing further.