The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has released guidelines detailing the recruitment of 10,000 constables, and is encouraging qualified individuals to apply. In a statement on September 5, the Commission said it had adopted regulations to help streamline the recruitment process and ensure transparency. "These proposed regulations aim to streamline the recruitment of members of the Service to promote transparency and ensure merit-based selection in the recruitment process," the statement read in part According to the Commission, all plans are in place for the recruitment process to begin immediately. Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen inspecting a quartet guard when he arrived in Nanyuki, Laikipia County, for the 23rd Jukwaa la Usalama grassroots engagement on July 31, 2025.
Photo Kipchumba Murkomen It revealed that a roadmap detailing the stages of the recruitment process, including the selection of successful candidates, has been approved, with successful applicants expected to report to designated training colleges later in the year. "The Commission also considered and approved a comprehensive roadmap and instruments to facilitate the immediate commencement of the recruitment exercise," it said.
The statement follows a declaration by Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen on Thursday, September when he revealed that the government was to give a clear way forward on the recruitment in a week's time. "By Monday, we should know the day we are going to have the recruitment," Murkomen said at an OCS's Consultative Conference held on Thursday, September 4, at the National Police Leadership Academy in Ngong.
Earlier, President William Ruto had announced that the recruitment exercise would take place in September. "I have already given instructions to the Ministry of Interior that next month (September), when we recruit 10,000 police officers, 4,000 of them must come from the National Youth Service," Ruto said on August 28, during the NYS recruits' passing-out parade in Gilgil, Nakuru.
