The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has postponed the planned police online recruitment.

The online recruitment which was scheduled to commence next month (October) was postponed due to lack of proper structures.

Committee on CIOC Chair, Suba South MP Caroli Omondi, addressed the media after a meeting with NPSC CEO Peter Leley, NPSC Chairperson Dr. Amani Yuda Komora, Inspector General of Police Charles Kanja, Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat, and DCI Director Mohamed Amin.

The meeting, held at the Mini Chamber, County Hall, Parliament, Nairobi, focused on the overlapping roles of the National Police Service Commission and the Inspector General of Police.

NPSC Recruitment and Appointment Regulations 2025

On September 5, NPSC adopted the National Police Service Commission (Recruitment and Appointment) Regulations, 2025 to guide the recruitment process in the National Police Service.

During a meeting held in Mombasa, chaired by Dr. Amani Yuda Komora and attended by the newly appointed Commissioners, the Commission also approved a comprehensive recruitment roadmap and instruments of 10,000 police constables.

The roadmap will steer the entire process from the advertisement of vacancies to the reporting of successful candidates at designated training colleges.

The regulations replace the 2015 framework, addressing identified gaps while factoring in emerging trends in policing and human resource management.

NPSC said the regulations are designed to streamline the recruitment process, promote fairness, and ensure a transparent, merit-based selection.

“Recruitment is expected to commence immediately with the first group of recruits joining training later in the year,” NPSC said.

The commissioners further elected Prof. Collette Suda as the Vice-Chairperson of the Commission, a role that will provide crucial administrative leadership in supporting the Chairperson to deliver on the Commission’s constitutional mandate.

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Importance of Recruitment Drive

Speaking to the press after the meeting, Chairperson Dr. Komora emphasized the importance of the recruitment drive in building a professional and responsive police service.

“This recruitment marks a turning point in strengthening the capacity of the National Police Service. By embedding fairness, transparency, and meritocracy into the process, we are not only expanding the Service but also entrenching reforms that will deliver a professional and people-centered policing system,” he stated.

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IG Kanja

Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, who also serves as a Commissioner of the NPSC, welcomed the decision noting that it comes at a critical time when the Service is grappling with attrition and reduced personnel numbers.

“This initiative could not have come at a more critical time. With natural attrition and other factors affecting the Service’s capacity, the recruitment of 10,000 new constables is both timely and necessary,” said Mr. Kanja.

The Commission reaffirms its commitment to conducting a transparent and accountable recruitment process and encourages all qualified Kenyans to apply once the vacancies are advertised.

Police IG Douglas Kanja appearing before the National Assembly Security Committee on September 9, 2025. PHOTO/Parliament.