Johnston Kavuludi launches police hiring audit
What you need to know:
- Mr Kavuludi revealed that cases of bribery had been detected. He said that anti-graft officials will take legal action against the culprits.
- The audit comes days after Mr Kavuludi had given the recruitment a clean bill of health.
A commission has instituted an audit into last week’s police recruitment, said to have been marred by corruption.
National Police Service Commission (NPSC) Chairman Johnston Kavuludi formed a team to establish how politics, corruption, ethnicity and nepotism may have influenced the recruitment.
A team drawn from the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC), NPSC, the police, the Interior ministry, the National Intelligence Service and NGOs has seven days to conduct investigations.
Mr Kavuludi revealed that cases of bribery had been detected. He said that anti-graft officials will take legal action against the culprits.
“We wish to assure Kenyans that we have undertaken a collaborative approach to probe the complaints that we received.
“We will not hesitate to take stern action against anybody found culpable. Where necessary, we may nullify the results,” he said.
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NPSC had asked the public to give their feedback and it has received 350 reports. These are both complaints and commendations.
“In the majority of the recruitment centres, everything went well. We have few cases that need investigation,” said Mr Kavuludi.
He spoke to journalists after a meeting with EACC chairman Matemu Mumo, Director of CID Ndegwa Muhoro and other senior officers.
Mr Matemu said the probe would be credible.
The audit comes days after Mr Kavuludi had given the recruitment a clean bill of health.
