Nullification of last year’s Kenya police recruitment exercise was to ensure that the process is transparent and clear and that only the best men and women are selected to quench the country’s need for able security.
The ongoing recruitment will therefore bring on board up to 1000 people in the country’s military system who will then resume training in the available training colleges in the country.
What they will be made of
Potential recruits will have a minimum qualification of D+ in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination with a D+ in either English or Kiswahili languages.
They should be aged between 18 and 28 years for holders of KCSE Examination Certificate or its equivalent, and up to 30 years for diploma and degree holders.
They should be physically and medically fit and should not have a criminal record or pending criminal charges.
Pregnant Female candidates are not allowed during the recruitment and also during the entire nine-month training period.
More colleges and additional courses
Among the police reforms already in place is the additional courses now offered to police recruits while undergoing their training in the various colleges around the world.
Five training schools were given the go-ahead to offer diploma courses to serving officers.
The five police training colleges that will examine and award the diplomas include Kenya Police Service Training College-Kiganjo, the General Service Unit Training School-Embakasi, the Administration Police Training College-Utawala, the Administration Police Senior Staff College-Emali and the CID Training School-Nairobi.
Serving officers as well as civilian graduates who have been successfully enrolled into the force through recruitment programmes will receive higher diploma and diploma course including include criminology, education, strategic planning, training needs assessment, ICT, music and medical (nursing, emergency training) among others.
