IPOA to sue IG Joseph Boinnet for contempt of court
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The oversight body said in a statement signed by its commissioners that nothing stopped the National Police Service and the National Police Service from carrying out another a fresh recruitment in accordance with the law after it found the exercise to be irregular and riddled with corruption.
Mr Boinnet has directed the controversial police recruits to report to their respective training institutions on April 12.
Mr Boinnet’s directive was in compliance to an order by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday that the recruits whose enrolment was stopped by the courts last year to immediately report to the Police Training College in Kiganjo, Nyeri County.
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has commenced the process of suing Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet following his directive to train 10,000 police recruits whose recruitment was faulted by the courts.
The oversight body said in a statement signed by its commissioners that nothing stopped the National Police Service from carrying out a fresh recruitment in accordance with the law after it found the exercise to have been irregular and riddled with corruption.
“The upholding of the sanctity of law and the dignity of the Courts is an essential ingredient in achieving our overall objective of building democratic policing of the 21st century,” said the oversight body.
Also to be sued is the chief executive officer of the National Police Service Commission.
Mr Boinnet has directed the controversial recruits to report to their respective training institutions on April 12.
“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 Boinnet.
Mr Boinnet’s directive followed an order by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday that the recruits whose enrolment was stopped by the courts last year immediately report to the Police Training College in Kiganjo, Nyeri County.
President Kenyatta blamed the insecurity in the country on a shortage of police officers and directed that the recruits start training immediately.
“I further direct the Inspector-General of Police to take urgent steps and ensure that the 10,000 recruits, whose enrolment is pending, promptly report for training at the Kenya Police College, Kiganjo,” President Kenyatta said in a televised address to the nation in the wake of Thursday’s dawn attack on Garissa University College.
