By ZADOCK ANGIRA zangira@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Friday, May 17 2013 at 20:37
Posted Friday, May 17 2013 at 20:37
All eight provincial police officers may be forced to retire next month in one of the most drastic personnel changes in the force’s history.
The officers lack the minimum academic requirement for deployment under the new structure unveiled last year.
Their rank — deputy commissioner of police — has
been abolished and new posts of county police bosses created, with a
minimum qualification of a university degree.
The officers – Benson Kibui, Aggrey Adoli, Levi
Kyule Mwandi, Joseph ole Tito, Alfred Ombamba, Charlton Mureithi, Larry
Kyeng and Marcus Ocholla — are certificate and diploma holders.
Eligibility
Eligibility
Other officers staring at early retirement include
GSU Commandant William Sayia, 51, police reforms director Jonathan
Koskei, 58, community policing boss Beatrice Nduta, 58, director of
complaints Leo Nyongesa, 57, head of police operations John Njue Njagi,
60, and Peter Kavila, the Kenya Police College Commandant, 57.
The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) on
Tuesday advertised 94 positions of County Commanders, to be at the rank
of Assistant Inspector-General.
Those eligible for the positions have to be of the
rank of superintendent of police and above, hold a minimum of
Bachelor’s degrees and must have served for at least 10 years.
Though most senior officers are not degree holders, they say they have what it takes to qualify for the new positions.
Education, competency, integrity are among the
issues that will determine their suitability for the new posts. The NPSC
is mandated to discontinue the service of any officer who scores poorly
on these marks during vetting next month.
There are several training options for police
officers after employment. These include corporal (four months),
sergeant (two months), inspectorate (six months), higher training (six
months), senior command course (three months), and four investigation
courses of two months each.
Senior officers are under a one-year management
course at the National Defence College in Karen. The course is normally
attended by senior government, police and military officials from 13
African countries.
NPSC chairman Johnson Kavuludi said the
appointment of county commanders would pave way for the establishment of
the County Policing Authority.
County level
County level
The authority would comprise the governor or his
representative, police chiefs, intelligence service and the directorate
of criminal investigations at the county level.
At the same time, Inspector- General of Police
(IGP) David Kimaiyo has recommended the creation of two ranks of senior
assistant inspector-general of police (SAIGP) and that of a police
commander. The SAIGP will be a rank below the deputy IGP and above the
Assistant IGP, while that of the Police Commander will be below the
Assistant IGP.
Last year, six senior positions held by more than
1,200 officers were abolished. This left former deputy police boss Mr
Francis Okonya in a limbo.
Mr Kavuludi said Friday some of the senior
officers will be posted to head various directorates. He had earlier
this year said the commission was concerned about the poor
communications between the public and the police service. But the
appointment of Mr Anthony Munga as the director of communications was
revoked.
The office has no substantive holder at a time
when reports indicate police are not get getting sufficient intelligence
reports from the National Intelligence Service.
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