A viral job poster inviting Kenyans to apply for up to 5,000 constable positions. This has been confirmed fake by the Inspector General of Police. Hence, the National Police Service has protected Kenyans from illegal vacancy advertisements. Therefore, IG Kanja warns Kenyans about getting scammed by the fake adverts for police constable positions.
The NPS flagged a post on its official X page rejecting the post made on the Kenyan recruitment in 50 different regions in the country. Some of the claimed regions in the country include Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River, Garissa, and Taita Taveta counties. Other regions as well include Wajir, Mombasa, and Mandera.
National Police Service warns Kenyans
In the post, NPS wrote, “Purported recruitment into the National Police Service.” The NPS warned about the fake advertisement. As per the fake post, Kenyans had to provide their valid identification cards and other official documents to secure the jobs.
“Pursuant to 240(3) and (4) as read with Articles 10, 27(8), and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya; 10, 11, and 12 of the National Police Service Commission Act; and section 7(3) of the National Police Service Commission (Recruitment and Appointment) Regulations 2015, 2015,the IG, in exercise of powers delegated to me by the NPS Commission, seeks to recruit 5,000 suitably qualified applicants to be trained as police constables,” the IG read part of the fake post.
Further, the fake post warned the applicants to face a Ksh200,000 fine or imprisonment for presenting altered documents.
The fake post proceeded, “Under section 25 of the NPS Commission Act, any person who willfully gives the commission any information that is false or misleading in any material particular commits an offense and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding Ksh200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.”
The fake recruitment post urged the interested candidates to avail themselves at the recruitment centers. Additionally, they had to attend with their duly completed application forms. Surprisingly, this has not been the first time Kenyans have been lured to such police recruitment advertisements.
