The Kenya Police will recruit 10,000 new members for a nine-month training session that will take place at the Kenya Police Training College in Kiganjo and Administration Police Training College in Embakasi.
The new recruits, however, will have to serve for 10 years before they are allowed to leave.
This is according to Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet who stated that the new system is aimed at deterring the new team from leaving the service after graduating.
“Applicants recruited for the training into the service shall be bonded to serve in the National Police Service for a minimum of ten years,” he reiterated.
Those eligible for recruitment must have scored a mean grade of D+ and D+ in English or Kiswahili, and must be between 18 to 28 years.
For a while now, recruits have been reported to leave the Police citing hardship and tough working conditions.
It is believed that the move to recruit more police is aimed at ensuring smooth elections in August.
Party nominations for both the ruling Jubilee Party and the Opposition have been marred by chaos and on Monday, a security guard attached to Mbita Member of Parliament Millie Odhiambo died after violence broke out during nominations in Homa Bay County.
