Police Commission advertises County Commander posts

Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo (left) and National Police Service Commission chairman Johnston Kavuludi (right) at a past news conference. The NPSC has advertised positions of 94 County Commanders May 14, 2013. FILE   NATION MEDIA GROUP

By ZADOCK ANGIRA
Posted  Tuesday, May 14   2013 at  12:19

 

The National Police Service Commission has advertised positions of 94 County Commanders at the rank of Assistant Inspector General.

Forty seven officers will be in charge of Kenya Police while the other 47 will be in charge of the Administration Police at the county levels, as the restructuring of the NPSC continues.

As required by law, the recruitment will be done competitively with the participation of the public. Those suitable for the positions have to be of the rank of superintendent of police and above, be university graduates and must have served for at least 10 years.

The commission also plans to advertise for the positions of various directorates in the force including Operations, Planning, Logistics and Development, Gender and Community Policing, Personnel, Internal Affairs Unit and Communication.

The delay in appointment of the officers to the positions has adversely affected police operations.

On Friday, Bungoma County Commissioner Jamleck Mbaruka told Deputy President William Ruto that he could not hold security meetings because the county did not have officers in charge of AP, Police and Intelligence.

NPSC chairman Johnston Kavuludi said vetting will start next month as the vetting tools had been developed.