The highs and lows of police recruitment in Kenya

An Administration officer checks on the fitness of one of the recruits at 64 stadium in Eldoret for Soy recruit centre. [Photo: SILAH KOSKEI/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: A rare spectacle unfolded at Iten playground during the Kenya Police Service recruitment drive when a ballot was cast to determine who between two recruits was to be enlisted.

The two from Tambach division had tied on the score sheet prompting the recruiting officer Ambrose Oloo to write two ballots with a ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ and whoever picked the former was to qualify.