Aspiring policeman dies while undergoing recruitment exercise as 10,000 recruits are picked

Chief Inspector Ngoja Bora inspects candidates from Nyaribari Chache sub-county lining for recruitment into the Police Service. A 23-year-old man collapsed and died in Kwale County yesterday during the exercise. (PHOTO: DENISH OCHIENG'/ STANDARD)

A 23-year-old man collapsed and died in Kwale County yesterday as the National Police Service picked 10,000 new officers.

Mwarika Rika Mwalimu became paralysed and collapsed at Kwale’s Baraza Park after running six kilometres, as thousands of desperate youth countrywide tried their luck to join the force.