Police Recruitment To Resume On Monday After High Court Lifts Orders
The contentious national police recruitment scheduled for Monday appears to be moving forward after the High Court temporarily lifted the conservatory orders that had stalled the process earlier this week.
Justice Bahati Mwamuye suspended the directives imposed on November 10, 2025, thereby resuming the status quo before the recruiting was halted.
With the stay in place, the police recruitment effort, which had been put on hold due to a petition by activist Eliud Matindi, can resume.
The court’s order relieves immediate pressure on the agencies responsible for coordinating the nationwide intake, which had been embroiled in a legal spat over who legally controls the recruitment mandate.
Justice Mwamuye directed the 1st Interested Party to serve its application and the most recent orders on all parties and provide an affidavit of service prior to the case management session scheduled for November 17, 2025.
The judge halted the police recruitment on Monday of this week in response to Matindi’s petition, which challenged the legality of the activity being carried out by the Inspector General of Police (IG).
PRESS RELEASE : NPS CALLS ON KENYAN YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE RECRUITMENT ON MONDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 2025 pic.twitter.com/NmA7O92cFT
— National Police Service-Kenya (@NPSOfficial_KE) November 14, 2025
Matindi stated in his plea that the National Police Service Commission (NPSC), not the Inspector General, is constitutionally obligated to oversee National Police Service recruiting under Article 246(3)(a) of the Constitution.
According to court filings, on September 5, 2025, the NPSC announced plans to recruit 10,000 police constables, citing its constitutional and statutory responsibility.
However, the exercise was halted on October 2, 2025, by a separate court judgment in Petition No. E196 of 2025, Harun Mwau v. Inspector General of Police and Others.
The Inspector General later issued a new advertisement on November 4, 2025, announcing a new recruitment drive to be held on November 17, 2025, throughout 422 centers nationwide.
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This occurred following a legal dispute between the National Police Service (NPS) and the NPSC, in which the latter was determined to be the proper body to conduct the exercise.
On October 30, 2025, the High Court ruled that the NPSC advertisement was unlawful and that the NPS is responsible for recruitment.
Matindi’s petition argued that this move was unconstitutional, arguing that the IG has no legal authority to undertake recruitment without express delegation from the NPSC as required under Section 10(2) of the National Police Service Commission Act.
Police Recruitment To Resume On Monday After High Court Lifts Orders
