IG Kanja Issues New System For Police Recruitment
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja informed the Senate Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity, and Regional Integration that police officer recruitment will now be conducted online.
Speaking on Friday, the IG stated that the recruitment procedure needed to be changed in order to reduce fraud incidents reported during it.
He was responding to a committee question on how the National Police Service planned to educate the public, who came out in droves for recruiting, about the dangers of being fooled by fraudulent officials with false police job promises.
“The numbers that turn up for these recruitments are actually overwhelming, because of the numerous cases of fraud, but this must stop, and the way we can stop this is by leveraging technology to close the fraud gaps,” Kanja said.
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In Kenya, police recruitment is primarily done physically, with candidates arriving at recruiting stations with the necessary paperwork for a physical assessment.
However, the introduction of an online recruitment system is about to cause a significant upheaval in the recruitment process. But how does internet recruitment work?
The National Police Service (NPS) will employ the new Police Recruitment System, which was delivered to the Inspector General by National Police Service Commission (NPSC) CEO Mr. Peter Leley only a week ago.
Candidates will apply using the system, submitting the necessary papers online. Only shortlisted candidates will be taken to the field for physical evaluation.
This differs from the manual recruitment method, in which all candidates assemble in the field for document verification and physical evaluation.
“The Police Recruitment System is an online tool that will be used by the police service during recruitment and is expected to significantly address challenges such as fraud and other malpractices, delays, inefficiencies, data capture errors, and duplication of information, among other shortcomings,” the NPS revealed.
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The Senate committee also noticed that a single ethnic group dominated the workforce.
The IG stated that the new system will address ethnic dominance in the workforce, as it promotes uniformity and fairness.
“The automated system will help improve transparency and accountability during recruitment, reduce costs, enhance the applicant experience, enable secure reporting of fraud cases, and promote uniformity and fairness, among other benefits,” Leley, who was present at the committee hearing, assured.
So far, the NPS has not conducted a national police recruitment in three years, with the IG blaming financial constraints as the reason for the delays.
IG Kanja Issues New System For Police Recruitment
