Leaders demand fresh police hiring
What you need to know:
- Mr Ruto said some qualified candidates were left out on flimsy grounds.
- Mr Rasanga said that his office has received complaints from participants that the process was steeped in bribery.
Two governors and an MP have demanded a repeat of the just-concluded police recruitment, saying it was riddled with corruption.
Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto, his Siaya counterpart, Cornel Rasanga and Bondo MP Gideon Ochanda asked the National Police Service Commission to revoke the list of the recent recruits and repeat the process.
Mr Ruto said some qualified candidates were left out on flimsy grounds.
“A female candidate who was Number One during the road race and passed all the stages was suddenly accused of being pregnant despite tests showing she was not,” the governor said.
The girl, Ms Vicoty Chepkemoi, was tested in three hospitals and she was not pregnant.
Speaking on Monday in Rarieda constituency, Mr Rasanga said that his office has received complaints from participants that the process was steeped in bribery.
He said that even after taking bribes as high as Sh100,000 and Sh300,000 from some of the recruits, the officers failed to consider them.
“The list forwarded to NPSC does not reflect the face of the county,” he said. Dr Ochanda directed County Secretary Kepher Marube to write to the commission to cancel the exercise and call for a fresh one.
He told aspirants to the service, who might have been short-changed, to lodge their complaints with his office, which will compile evidence to pressure the police commission to cancel the recruitment.
