HIGH COURT SUSPENDS POLICE RECRUITMENT

The High Court has suspended the police recruitment exercise, which was scheduled to begin on October 3, 2025. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has addressed reports, confirming that the National Police recruitment has been suspended.
Murkomen said he is aware of the court orders suspending the recruitment exercise but is confident that the issue will be resolved.
“I am aware that there was a legal process in court and one of the judges has given an order to stop the recruitment,” Murkomen said, while speaking during a Jukwaa la Usalma forum in Nairobi.
Murkomen said he wished he could call the judge directly to understand the consequences of a court order that has stalled police recruitment for the last four years. He stressed that recruiting those police officers is critical for the safety of the country.
I wish I could be allowed to call the judge directly to understand the consequences of a court order to the recruitment of police officers that has never happened for the last four years. How it is very critical for the safety of our country to recruit those police officers urgently not just for anything else, to secure our boarders.
Besides, he said the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) needs to replace several police officers who have died since the last recruitment. Murkomen said the recruitment needs to be opened soon to ensure the police are trained in time to assist in the 2027 general election.
“There are many police officers who have retired, some have passed on, and we need to replace and bring energetic police officers who will be trained in time to even help us support the next election,” he said.
Murkomen said he hoped the judge would watch his speech, apply reason, and quickly reopen the recruitment process so that the country can get the police officers it urgently needs.
He expressed confidence that the situation would soon be resolved.