Police recruitment: I want to serve the nation, why have you rejected me five times?

Gladys Chepkechei during the recruitment at Kabarnet ground in Baringo County, where she was disqualified. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]

BARINGO COUNTY: Until July 14, 2014, Gladys Chepkechei Tarus, 24, had kept her hope alive that she would join the revered Kenya Police Service. That she had been rejected four times in previous recruitment drives was not enough to dampen her spirits. But the recruitment in Kabarnet, Baringo County, was a repeat of an all-familiar experience culminating in tears and hopelessness.

For the five times she has tried her luck in joining the security service, Ms Chepkechei has no idea why she has  been dismissed rather casually by recruiting officers. “You are medically unfit for the job”, she is often told.