The High Court has nullified the countrywide police recruitment and ordered the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) to repeat the exercise. In a ruling on Friday, Justice Isaac Lenaola said the recruitment exercise was riddled with corruption and NPSC should have considered complaints raised by different agencies. The judge said NPSC illegally delegated power to recruit to sub- county police recruitment committees. “The recruitment exercise carried out on 14 July, 2014 by sub-county recruitment committees was inconsistent and in contravention of the constitution,” he ruled. Justice Lenaola said tha as a result, the recruitment was done by unknown bodies. High Court judge Justice Isaac Lenaola when he delivered a ruling on the recent police recruitment on October 31, 2014. PHOTO | PAUL WAWERU | NATION MEDIA GROUP He said the inspector-general of police was the only one who has powers to recruit new officers. “Although the action might be painful and unpopular, the law must be obeyed and I therefore nullify the entire recruitment exercise and order a repeat throughout the country,” said the judge.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:22:21 +0000
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