Court Cancels Recruitment of 10,000 Police Officers
The ruling comes hardly a month after the High Court in Nairobi temporarily suspended the recruitment exercise that had been scheduled to start on October 3...
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The Employment and Labour Relations Court has nullified the planned recruitment of 10,000 police officers, ruling that the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) lacks the legal authority for such an exercise. Justice Hellen Wasilwa stated that recruitment is the sole mandate of the National Police Service (NPS), headed by the Inspector General of Police (IG).
- The court ruled that the NPSC was not responsible for internal security and thus had no role in police recruitment, accusing it of contravening Article 232 of the Constitution.
- Justice Wasilwa issued a permanent injunction, restraining the NPSC from proceeding with recruitment activities, including published advertisements.
- The nationwide recruitment, scheduled to start on October 3, was temporarily halted on October 2 following a petition filed by John Harun Mwau against Police IG Douglas Kanja and the NPSC.
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