Joseph Boinnet orders police recruits to report for training

Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet has directed controversial police recruits to report to their respective training institutions on April 12.

President Uhuru Kenyatta issued a directive that some 10,000 youngsters, who had been picked to join the police, should be admitted to the college immediately following the terrorist attack at Garissa University College.

“In compliance with the directive of the President that the young Kenyans who had been recruited to join the National Police Service do so without further delay, I hereby inform all those who had been successfully recruited to report to their training institutions on Sunday, 12th April,” read a statement signed by Mr Boinett.

The recruitment of the lot to join the police force was stopped by the High Court because it was marred by corruption and many other irregularities.

The government has been accused of knee-jack reactions during times of crisis.