Police hiring exercise faulted over graft claims

MPs have raised questions over the manner in which the police recruitment exercise was carried out and demanded answers from the Government.

The legislators claimed the exercise was marred by irregularities, including corruption.

Chris Wamalwa (Kimilili) claimed the exercise had taken the familiar pattern of unfairness in terms of regions and gender. “These are the issues that I would have expected Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku to answer now that Cabinet secretaries are allowed to respond to members’ questions. Skewed hiring in terms of regions and gender has been witnessed,” he told the House.

Exercise corrupt

Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter claimed the exercise was not transparent and that some qualified candidates had been disenfranchised.

He claimed that among those affected were Muslim youths who had been denied a chance to join the force due to their religion. “The exercise was marred by corruption, bias against Muslims, flimsy medical grounds and was unfairly distributed,” he claimed. He called for suspension of the exercise until the issues raised by various stakeholders are addressed.

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Speaker Justin Muturi termed the issue as urgent and directed the Leader of Majority, Adan Duale to provide an answer to the questions raised by Wamalwa. He also told him to seek the assistance of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission on the graft cases that were reported during the exercise.