By ZADOCK ANGIRA zangira@ke.nationmedia.com
Friday, May 17 2013
In Summary
- The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) on Tuesday advertised 94 positions of County Commanders, to be at the rank of Assistant Inspector-General.
- 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.
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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