The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has raised alarm over a fake recruitment notice circulating on social media, warning Kenyans against falling victim to misinformation and fraud.
In a press statement released on Tuesday evening, NPSC Chairperson Amani Yuda Komora urged Kenyans to disregard a fake notice making rounds on social media containing false details about the recruitment exercise.
“The National Police Service Commission has established that fake information about police recruitment is circulating on social media, purporting to announce the recruitment of police constables and directing applicants to an unauthorized website,” Komora said.
He clarified that the NPSC had not released any official details about the recruitment and stressed that authentic information would only be shared through official channels.
“We wish to advise the public to ignore this misleading notice and emphasize that details of the recruitment exercise will be communicated through the NPSC website, mainstream media, and verified social media platforms,” Komora added.
Earlier, Komora and Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja told members of the Parliamentary Committee on Security that an official notice on the exercise would be published in newspapers on Thursday, September 11.
However, they also informed MPs that members of the NPSC and the National Police Service (NPS) would meet “as soon as possible” to agree on the actual date when the recruitment would take place.
A total of 10,000 police constables are expected to be recruited in the exercise to fill vacancies left by officers who have died, been dismissed, resigned, or retired.
“As the chairperson has already stated, during our meeting we shall agree on the date, guidelines, and procedures to be followed,” Kanja told MPs on the committee chaired by Narok West MP Gabriel Tongoyo.
The police recruitment exercise usually attracts thousands of applicants from across the country, making it highly competitive.
Such situations often give rise to cases of corruption, with some applicants reportedly asked to pay bribes of up to Ksh300,000 to secure slots.
This is why the NPSC introduced new recruitment guidelines, proposing that the exercise be conducted digitally — a proposal that Kanja and other NPS leaders have opposed.
