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Maraga Reforms: Why lobby groups want fairness in police recruitment

A Kenya Police recruiting officer guides hopeful recruits through a physical drill at Kapkures in Nakuru West Sub-county during the ongoing police recruitment exercise. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Two years after the Maraga Taskforce exposed corruption, political interference, and ethnic bias in police recruitment, the exercise concluded last month under conditions critics say perpetuated the same systemic dysfunction.

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