The National Police Service has highlighted changes that will be implemented in the next recruitment service. While appearing before the Senate Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity, and Regional Integration, chaired by Marsabit Senator Mohamed Chute, Douglas Kanja announced that the NPS will shift towards online recruitment in the next recruitment exercise.
According to the IG, plans to launch an online recruitment system designed to curb corruption and improve the shortlisting process are underway.
In his submission, Kanja said the system will help to ensure that only eligible candidates advance to the field stage. He explained that the National Police Service has had to deal with overwhelming numbers during the recruitment due to the masses that show up for the recruitment.
Under the new system, candidates will first submit applications online, and only shortlisted candidates will proceed to the field for physical inspection.
“The numbers that turn out for this recruitment are overwhelming. This must come to an end, and the way we can be able to do that is to leverage technology because once we do that, the gaps are closed,” said Kanja.
IG Kanja Reveals Police Will Adopt Online Recruitment Process
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Kanja’s proposal of having an online recruitment exercise comes days after the National Police Service Commission (NPSC), led by the CEO, Peter Leley, presented a proposal on modernizing police recruitment to the Inspector General at the National Police Service Headquarters, Jogoo House, on May 2.
The online tool intended to be used by the NPS during future police recruitments is called Police Recruitment System.
About NPS Recruitment Online Tool
According to the NPSC CEO, this tool is expected to significantly address challenges such as corruption, other malpractices, delays, inefficiencies, data capture errors, and duplication of information, among other shortcomings.
The automated system will help improve transparency and accountability during recruitment, reduce costs, enhance the applicant experience, enable secure reporting of corruption cases, and promote uniformity and fairness, among other benefits.
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IG Kanja, while commending the presentation, emphasized the need to automate all police operations to make the institution a center of excellence for policing and public service delivery.
He noted that this could only be achieved through free and fair recruitment and acknowledged that the tool would greatly reduce corruption during the recruitment process.
Police recruitment is expected to resume in 2025 after a 3-year freeze, with the National Police Service yet to announce the dates of the recruitment exercise.
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