EACC and IPOA to Oversee Police Recruitment Amid Transparency Directives - September 2025
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) will oversee the upcoming police recruitment in Kenya to ensure transparency and fairness. This intervention follows a dispute with the National Police Service Commission (NPSC). Inspector General of Police Kanja has vowed that the recruitment will be entirely transparent and warned that corrupt individuals will face jail. To further ensure public oversight, CS Murkomen has directed that all recruitment be conducted during daylight hours. The government has also doubled its budget for police recruitment from the initial allocation for 5,000 officers, with plans for further increases.
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CS Murkomen: I directed police recruitment to be done in daylight
Cabinet Secretary for Transport Kipchumba Murkomen has mandated that all police recruitment processes be conducted during daylight hours to ensure transparency. This directive aims to allow public oversight and accountability in the recruitment of new officers.
EACC and IPOA to oversee upcoming police recruitment for transparency and fairness
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) will oversee the upcoming police recruitment drive in Kenya to ensure transparency and fairness.
EACC Na Ipoa waingilia uteuzi wa makurutu kufuatia mzozo wa tume ya huduma za polisi
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) have intervened in the police recruitment exercise following a dispute with the National Police Service Commission (NPSC).