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Fresh bid to move police recruitment online to curb graft

A recruiting officer checks the physical fitness of a recruit at Gusii Stadium during Kenya Police recruitment exercise on March 24, 2022. [File, Standard]

Whenever an announcement is made about police or military recruitment, many Kenyans conclude that those who are selected have ‘godfathers’ or must part with a bribe.

This has been so for years, including arrests of individuals selling fake admission letters around recruitment period.

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