New Kenya Police Recruitment Regulations

Gone are the days. It’s a new era. It’s a new era whereby those wishing to join the NPSC are going to go through three stages spanning three months.

The NPSC Kenya Police recruitment regulations and policies are set to change how the recruitment of officers is done.

The Details
As per the regulations, the Kenya police exercise will be done over a period of three months. That is, it will take 3 months from the day a person is successfully taken from the recruiting ground to the time that he/she joins the training college. The regulations will also be applied in the recruitment of Administration Police officers (AP). The regulations are yet to be enforced so don't worry much.

The 3 months period will allow for a rigorous grilling of the candidates. The recruitment will have 3 broad stages.

Stage 1
The candidates are selected after going through the normal physical. Notice the use of the word “Selected”. That is, at this stage, no appointment is made.

Stage 2
Documents are checked for authenticity. A detailed medical checkup is also conducted at this stage to further ascertain the medical fitness of any given candidate.

Stage 3
This is the most critical stage of all. In this stage, the all documents and other certificates of a candidate are checked against those of the other shortlisted candidates. The documents had already been screened for authenticity in stage 2. The screening in this 3rd stage is aimed at getting the best candidate from the pool of selected candidates. The best candidate will be selected at this stage based on either the co-curriculum activities which ought to be proven by the furnished documents or through academic related scores. As you know, the Kenya Police sometimes hits below the belt in academic requirements.

Names Published
After the third stage has been completed, the names of the successful candidates will be published by NPSC. Shortly after, the successful candidates will report to the training college.