All is set for the recruitment of 10,000 police constables in the national exercise set to start on October 3 to 9, 2025.
The National Police Service Commission met the joint recruitment panels at the Administration Police College, Embakasi "A" Campus for a comprehensive briefing ahead of the exercise.
Inspector General of the National Police
Service, Douglas Kanja, reiterated the Service's commitment to conducting a
credible and transparent recruitment exercise.
He urged the officers taking part in the exercise
to ensure the integrity of the process by shunning corrupt practices, which
will strengthen public trust in the National Police Service.
“Let us be fair and above board in the whole exercise.
Be fair to the recruits,” he said.
He said the exercise is being monitored by various
agencies to meet the required standards.
It will be the first recruitment exercise in four years.
The failure to conduct the exercise has led to a huge shortage
of police in general.
Commission Chairperson Dr. Amani Komora
highlighted the importance of transparency and fairness throughout the
exercise.
Komora stated that the commission
would fully support the recruitment process to ensure transparency,
accountability, and merit-based selection.
He noted that the joint approach
and staggering of the recruitment exercise are designed to ensure efficiency and
credibility.
Vice Chairperson Prof. Collette Suda told the
panels that Kenyans hold high expectations of the process and urged them to
ensure that it is beyond reproach.
Chief Executive Officer, Peter Leley, echoed the
call for integrity, cautioning panelists against any form of malpractice, saying
such acts will attract personal responsibility.
The briefing also outlined the roles and
responsibilities of panel members and addressed key concerns likely to emerge
during the recruitment process, ensuring that all participants are adequately
prepared to deliver a credible exercise.
Also in attendance were the Deputy Chairperson of
the NPSC, Professor Collette Suda; the Deputy Inspector General of the Kenya
Police Service, Eliud Lagat; the Deputy Inspector General of the Administration
Police Service, Gilbert Masengeli; the Director of the Directorate of Criminal
Investigations, Mohamed Amin; and NPSC commissioners Edwin Cheluget, Peris
Muthoni, Angeline Siparo.
The exercise has been dogged by controversies among some commissioners and members of the secretariat who wanted it to follow a certain criterion.
But the IG and his team fought off the move, which extended to Parliament.
It took the intervention of top political leaders to have the issue sorted, and resort to the old style of having police panels conduct the exercise.
