After the September 2013 terrorist attack on Westgate Mall in Nairobi , Ole Lenku spearheaded the Nyumba Kumi ( ten households ) security initiative aimed at bringing to the door step of individual citizens the mandate to ensure their own safety by knowing a few things about their neighbours as a security strategy to contain insecurity . On 7 October 2013 , he announced that the government was working on a framework to put in place the Nyumba Kumi initiative across the country . He asked all County Commissioners to embark on its implementation to ensure security is enhanced in most parts of the country . In the same month , he unveiled a committee headed by a former provincial administrator , Joseph Kaguthi , to oversee the implementation of the Nyumba Kumi initiative that requires Kenyans to know at least ten households within their neighbourhood as a way of fighting crime
September 2013 terrorist attack
Westgate shopping mall attack
Joseph Ole Lenku