Machakos, by Anne Kangero
The National Police Inspector General, Douglas Kanja, declared the police recruitment exercise smooth and transparent and said it went on without any hitches across all 427 recruitment centres.
Kanja was speaking at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on Monday evening after he reviewed the exercise where the recruitment was ongoing and noted the good turnout and smooth process.
“The exercise has been good all over the country and I have not received any complaints. I am looking forward to the exercise being concluded in a timely manner and the right people joining the service,” noted Kanja.
The IG added that the recruitment has come at an appropriate time since none has been done in the last three years, so the 10,000 new recruits will bring in more strength to the police force and especially for the 2027 general elections on community engagement and professionalism.
“This recruitment has come at a critical time and is a reformist group that is joining the service during reforms. We will be together with them in the transformation journey and I am proud of the exercise, which has progressed well all over the country,” said IG Kanja.
Over 250 youths had turned up for the exercise at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos town and only 24 were successful.
Elgeyo Marakwet, by Alice Wanjiru
In Elgeyo Marakwet, it was tears of joy for Sheila Kiplagat, a 24-year-old girl from the Kiptany minority community in Keiyo North, after she was recruited in the just-concluded National Police Service recruitment exercise.
According to Ms Kiplagat, there is only one minibus which plies the route, which one has to book in advance. “The matatu starts its journey at 4.00am, and one has to book with the driver for instructions on where she/he will be picked up,” she said.
Ms. Kiplagat settled for the popular bodaboda, which she reasoned would be faster but along the way they got a puncture. “I panicked as I envisioned all my dreams to join the disciplined forces literally dying,” she said.
She was, however, lucky, as the bodaboda rider was able to fix the puncture and they managed to reach Iten at 7.30am, giving her time to relax and get ready for the recruitment, which started exactly at 8am.
Nyamira by Deborah Bochere
While in Nyamira South Sub-county, the National Police Service recruitment exercise experienced youth apathy. Nyamira South Sub-County Recruitment Officer-In-Charge Daniel Ng’etich told the press that they arrived early Monday morning and the youths who showed interest in this exercise were not as many as anticipated.
“My recruitment team arrived at Nyamira Primary School grounds, where the recruitment exercise for youths from Nyamira south sub county could be carried out by 6:00am and most of the youths had not arrived. The number of youths who turned up for the recruitment exercise was surprisingly low. All the same, we have continued with those who managed to turn up for the exercise.
Rachuonyo by Moseti Julius
Candidates who showed up for the recruitment in Rachuonyo lost the bid at the document verification stage for lack of ‘D’ plus in English and Kiswahili subjects.
According to the minimum requirements a candidate needed a score of a ‘D’ plus in both English and Kiswahili subjects in their KCSE
The Officer-In-Charge of the exercise, Musa Omari, said they were following strict guidelines as outlined by the Police Service regulations
At the end of the exercise, 10 male and 3 female candidates were qualified to join the police service, which, according to Mr Omari, were distributed in the five wards in the Kasipul constituency.
Maua by Kamanja Maeria
Whereas in Maua Stadium 160 candidates attended the exercise. According to Superintendent of Police (SP) Alex Mwongera, eight of them were successful, including five women and three men, who met all the necessary requirements for recruitment. Mwongera revealed that the Centre was tasked with selecting 18 qualified candidates. Of the ten expected from the National Youth Service (NYS), only one qualified, as the others had not yet obtained their discharge certificates
The Officer described the exercise as free, transparent and accountable, adding that “No malicious acts or anomalies were experienced during the process, highlighting the integrity of the recruitment drive.
Garissa County by Mohammed Dahir.
In Hulugho and Bothai sub-counties in Ijara Constituency, Garissa County, 13 candidates got slots.
According to Hulugho Sub-County Commissioner Mr Fred Mutemi, 9 were recruited from Hulugho Sub-counties and 3 from Bothai.
