Ole Lenku came under scrutiny as the Cabinet Secretary responsible for internal security after the Westgate shopping mall attack where unidentified gunmen attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi on 21 September 2013 . By 24 September , at least 67 people , including four attackers , were reported killed and 175 others wounded in the mass shooting . On 29 September , Kenya 's Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed told the Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) that there was a woman involved in the attack . " From the information that we have , two or three Americans ( were involved ) and I think , so far , I have heard of one Brit , a woman , and I think she has done this many times before . " This spurned speculation that the woman in question could be Samantha Lewthwaite , also known as the " White Widow " , who was wanted by Kenyan police over alleged links with a terrorist cell involved in attacks at the Coast . Ole Lenku disputed the alleged presence of the British terrorist
Westgate shopping mall attack
Westgate shopping mall attack
Joseph Ole Lenku