Ruto Change Police & KDF Recruitment process
Ruto Change Police & KDF Recruitment process
Ruto Change Police & KDF Recruitment process
Officers from the National Youth Service (NYS) will be given priority in future recruitment drives by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the National Police Service, per a directive from President William Ruto. In his inaugural State of the Nation speech, the president encouraged the two organizations to guarantee that eighty percent of recruits be NYS officers. He made this request when speaking in Parliament.
In order to generate additional job opportunities, he continued, NYS had reduced its recruiting of young people from 20,000 to 40,000. As a result, other security agencies were had to modify their organizational structures. “We have instructed that 80 percent of future recruits to all of our national security services will come from among the well-trained, talented, and dedicated young men and women who have received training at NYS in order to solidify this proposition.”
He continued by saying that he was eager to make sure that those joining the army represent the country. The President went on, “As a result, we are increasing enrollment in the Service to 40,000 starting next year and have made it absolutely mandatory that every village, center, town, and city in Kenya is properly represented in the recruitment.”
The government takes into account a number of qualifications throughout the present hiring process, including height, age, and educational background. Additionally, Ruto released a progress report on the development, implementation, and future intentions of the Kenya Kwanza regime. He restated the administration’s decision to stop situations in which security agencies are used as fronts for extralegal offenses. In keeping with his pledge, Ruto said in his speech, “We have been careful not to use security imperatives to commit impunity, including resource misuse and extrajudicial infringements on freedoms and fundamental human rights of citizens.”
Three recommendations from a progress report provided by the task committee on police reforms, which was led by former Chief Justice David Maraga, were accepted by President William Ruto on October 4. William Ruto agreed the idea that cadet levels serve as entry points into the National Police Service, but he rejected the other three. President Ruto stated, “This provision will attract more professionals to police service at a time when a crime is constantly evolving.” Additionally, he gave his approval for the National Youth Service, National Police Service, and Prisons Service to be transferred to the security sector with respect to pay. Prohibiting policemen from spending more than three years at a single station was the third recommendation.