By Dickens Wasonga.
The 7000 young Kenyans hoping to be enlisted into the yet to be established Kenya Police Service will for the first time ever appear before a recruitment panel instituted to ensure the exercise is free and fair.
And unlike in the past , the exercise will be carried out in the presence of several observer groups and eligible candidates will be given the opportunity to chose either to serve as the regular or administration police officers.
But they will also have to apply for the job by filling in an application form to show they have an interest to be hired.
Another noticeable departure from the past is the fact that the recruitment for APs and the regular police officers will be held jointly and in a single day countrywide unlike in the past where such exercises were carried out in different dates.
As part of the police reforms which were launched in the year 2003 the police officers seeking to be absorbed will now be hired by a district recruitment committee which will be chaired by the district commissioners and assisted by relevant technical officers drawn from various government ministries.
The officers will include the Officer commanding police divisions, the district officers of health, the district education officers, district registrar of persons and the district intelligence officers and their criminal investigations counterpart.
Even a religious groups will be represented together with the business community. Reporters will also be allowed unlimited access to cover the exercise and no team should bar the press from the recruitment venues.
According to the deputy police spokes person Mr Charles Owino, the changes are intended to ensure the process of hiring recruits is not only free and fair but also responsive and representative to the needs of the citizenry.
Owino said the rot that has bedeviled the force in the past was partly due to the poor recruitment exercises which were riddled by nepotism and claims of corruption.
” If you get the process of hiring wrong then the whole intention of having a professional system can not be met” he said
The senior officer who spoke to journalists at Kisumu’s Tom Mboya Labor college during a briefing of the new guidelines to officers who will oversea the coming exercise from Nyanza and Western provinces. He said constables picked will during the exercise will undergo 15 months training either at the Administration police training college in Embakasi, Kenya Police Training College in Kiganjo or the G.S.U training school in Nairobi.
The commissioned cadet officers will undergo 21 months training under a new curriculum for the two services .
Part of the members of the district recruitment committee follow proceedings of the meeting at Tom Mboya Labor College .
Out of the number targeted for the exercise, 10 per cent should be graduates while 30 per cent will be women in line with the government’s affirmative action.
The Nyanza Central regional commissioner warned the recruiting teams to avoid the temptation to favor any applicant who fails to meet the set requirements and pledged that the government will disciple those found engaging in corruption during the exercise.
Height of candidates which in the past barred many hopefuls from joining the force will not be an issue to look at this time and any candidate eliminated must be told by the recruiting teams the reason why they have to be dropped at every level.
The teams were also directed to ignore directives from any senior officer either from the force or the government departments who try to influence the out come of the recruitment exercise.
In the past senior police officers from police headquarters and senior government officials, MPs and ministers have been accused of demanding to be given slots to have their friends or relatives hired in the respective districts.
ENDS.
No, No, No, No, No, No, No, AND No, No, No, No, No,!!!!!!!!!. Your summary of official line in the local newspaper is correct but nothing has changed from past recruitment dealings!!!!!. The money is still being collected by the “middleman” on behalf of the officials at the recruitment site. How do I know this???????. I have 3 students who have just graduated from: University of Nairobi, Kenyatta and Moi U. and 2 students with B+ grades from their High schools here. These candidates have met requirements and they are still being asked to part with at least Sh to 70,000@ piece to attain slots. Both of us have refused and these candidates are coming out to recruitment sites next week WITHOUT PAYING THIS MONEY TO SEE IF THINGS HAVE CHANGED!!!!!!!
WE love our country kenya and we are ready to defend it where possible. hongera to the reforms!!
Am a Kenyan citizen, all my life i wanted to be an officer, i want to be in the force, but i realized that someone must have a godfather. i tried kenya Amy, NYS last year but i did not succeed. i want to fight crime in kenya though i got a Dplain. i just this job so much, it is something that is in my blood. i want THE POLICE COMMISSIONER to assist me plz. my phone 0717491036
Its very sad that the people who qualify to be police officers are never given any consideration minus the so called kitu kikubwa.av been in in this exercise for so long minus being considered with no good reason,Im 5.9ft tall,22yrs old and having grade C+ as mean grade and C+ in english why do i not qualify to be an officer? or Kenya is only for the rich even if they dont have passion for the jobs they given.Im Very disappointed Kenyan, Sir ITEERE wat do you have to say?
am 22yr interested in police officer aving a D+.kindly notify me the recruitment date.
am 22yr interested in police officer aving a C+.kindly notify me the recruitment date.
When is kenya army recruitment for 2012 take place?
am 20yrs interesting in any forces in my country. am studying mechanical engineering please update me the recruitment date.
I am interested in the position of police cadets.
please update me on the 2012 Kenya police service recrutiment
its okay with the news about the new changes but i wish no change that have seen starting with the last recruitment 2011.and are you going to con cinder those candidates who had c- in k.c.s.e or its c plain in this years recruitment again!because it left many candidates out those who were willing like me. you should con cinder them please.na fill keep peace in my beloved country kanya.
and when is the recruitment taking place this year please.
plz alert on the recruitment date . Walter
first i respect the work u do on daily basis.u had talk about the grade to join forces is C- and above OK. why is it that some candidates with the some grade were blocked out please.let 2012 recruitment also consider candidates of even D+
because not all people will meet the qualification yet they are willing to serve the nation.C- is just 32 points what a bout D+ of 31 points.why can’t you give an exam at your training school? know that experience matters because you may be a graduate but your service is poor.in the other hand undergraduate performers the work to satisfaction OK.its mi request let this year be an opportunity for all who wish to serve our country Kenya I being among them.0724943508
Am also ready and willing to join police force.plase can I be infomed the date of recruitment,i beg
i`m kindly requesting for a chance in the next cadet recruitment in 2012
Am 22yrs and am also interested in joining any police force.i tried last year but i was eliminated for no reason yet i had met all the qualifications.i want to try this year and see if i will succeed…
Pliz inform me on the dates of recruitment.
Please this round considers those who didn’t attained the grade you require coz they have the willing of serving there country “like me” help us
am 18 yrs old i love my country with all my heart coz am true Kenyan and i will die for my country. to me my dream is to be a soldier one day. i usually practice different exercises at home especially in the morning and at evening because i need to full fill my dreams and accomplish my mission.
am 22yrs old n i would love to join kenya armed forces 2012 recruitment.have been willing to join the force so that i can protect my country in any way.
am 25 year old Kenyan citizen. a diploma holder in ICT. am interested in joining disciplinary forces especially in police department. 1. my question is; when is the recruitment date going to be published? 2. How many months are the recruit expected to under go training?
Iam 19yrs old and attained a mean grade of C plain.I wish to join GSU this year 2012.kindly notify me the recruitment date.
I really desired this job but what I witnessed in the field demoralized me very much I wish kenya will change some day.
I have a passion and willing to serve kenya and His people.please would you notify me the recruitment date?
i would be more than honoured to serve my country
please consider people from different races.Let it be done fairly and also lower your grades to help those who never obtained the minimum grades ok. Have your own exams to test the recruits.
I would like to join u in the defence..I like the reform ..hw wil we apply?
Again I would be gland that I will be in the new reform to them the changes…am aged21 yrs
Want to join police and right now am in NYS MY No.0705100968
Hv been dreaming of being a soldier to serve kenya accordingly as far as defence is concerned and have never had any opportunity of being selected ..please consider me this time round expecialy this time of
AM 21yrs old wishing to join the police force that my dream to serve this Kenya in the police force.i had a C+ with a B- in English please consider me this time round i believe i qualify.i have trust in GOD and your reforms.
am interested in serving in defence when will it be conduted in our constituency
I,m happy with the reforms, but will these reforms be to action?
let action to speak louder.
am interested in serving in the defence forces,please notify me on the date of the recruitment in various counties.
Im 22 years old finished my form 4 studies 2008 with M.G of C(plain) and join NYS where im upto now. Please consider my humble request in joining the Administration police. Thank you.
kindly notify on the recruitment date.thanks.
You have spoken about Height, but what about the maximum age limit required.?
Dear Guys we’ve arranged on the date it will be on 6th show up on the enrollment. and hence this time there wont be cases of corruption.
Kangizzy
just be keen on corruption ok, lets fear lord coz what i know is that somebody can be granted others chance who av da potential of making it fully, but then wen it comes to corruption i.e u ask pple for monies that they cant afford it definately means locking them out.ones from mwala
which is the minimum grade for recruitment kindly, for i have D plain.
Am a Kenyan citizen by birth c plain I love my country.and am ready to defend it plz notify me about recruitment. Meru county Iment south constituency
Interested in recruit inform me when it will be held. Meru county iment south
iam fred odhiambo 24years of age and would like to join kenya police specifically
police having been dropped out at the panel level last year.
please notify me on the recruitment date.
PAUL KI,MANI
IN OM ME ABOUT REQRUITMENT DATE
A’m a Kenyan aged 22 years and i am much interested to join kenya police. Please notify me the date for the next recruitment that will take place before the general election. Consider my request please.
Am 22yrs and am so interested being a policeman, i admire serving my country. please help me out 2 leach my dream. I attained a D plain in my K.C.S.E. Thanks in advance
Am 23yrs and i am eager to join the force inorder to serve the people of Kenya.I attained a mean grade of C plain.i believe i have all the requirement.May God help you and bless you for the recommendable work you people do.
Am Okwiry Edwin,longing to join the force.I got D plain ,i have cert in Criminology and forensic,but currenly doing Diploma in Criminal Investigation and forensic studies.Pliz help me,my no. 0723173121
Iam 21yrs of age,had a c plain and a Diploma in business management from Kabianga university college .My dream is joining the Kenya police and i tried on 2010 but was in vain,what to i do?BOMET COUNTY, KONOIN CONSTITUENCY,KIMULOT DIVISION.My no. 0726225843