POLICE OFFICERS’ VETTING TO RESUME TARGETING OVER 1,000 SPs AND SSPs

May 05, 2014 Editor Kisumu News Kisumu, News 0

BY  ODHIAMBO DICK

THE VETTING Process for Police Offices working under the National Police Service will resume targeting over 1000 officers in the ranks of Superintendent and Senior Superintendent of Police {SP and SSP}.

The National Police Service Commissions Chairman Johnstone Kavuludi{L} when he paid a courtesy call at the Nyanza Regional Commissioner’s Office. Photo by Odhiambo Dick.

The Chairman of the National Police Service Commission {NPSC} Johnstone Kavuludi said all the officers falling under the two ranks mentioned above will be vetted in line with the National Police Service Act which states that all members of the National Police Service shall undergo vetting process.

He said a total of 1,010 Police officers in the ranks of Superintendent and Senior Superintendent of Police will be vetted once the coming round of vetting commences.

Speaking in Kisumu City after paying a courtesy call to the Nyanza Regional Commissioner Francis Mutie’s office, the NPSC Chairman said the commission is visiting various regions across the country so as to encourage the public to take part in the Police vetting process.

Kavuludi said the two days meeting in Nyanza by the NPSC is to sensitize the public on the role of the Commission and the entire process of vetting the police officers serving in the National Police Service.

He said one of the major roles of the Commission is to manage the human capital in terms of recruitment, determining transfers as well as determining promotions as handling disciplinary matters.

Kavuludi said the ongoing sensitization of members of the public about the roles played by the commission will be completed in one week after which the process of vetting the Police Officers in the said ranks will commence.

The Chairman said the vetting process of the Police officers will be open to the public hence encouraged the public to actively participate but was quick to point out that only under special circumstances the commission may decide to hold in camera proceedings in order to protect the right of privacy of any person in the vetting process or if it is in the interest of justice or National Security.

He added that the process of vetting Police Officers is very important even to the Kenyans as Citizens as it provides the country with an opportunity to restore professionalism and public confidence in the National Police Service.

He urged members of the public who have information on specific police officers to submit to the commission before the vetting interviews, adding that the information provided will be in confidence.

It is expected that the process of vetting police officers will serve to transform National Policing towards public safety and security, Kavuludi said

The NPSC Chairman at the same time said his Commission and the National Police Service headed by Inspector General of Police David Kimayio has got no feud, adding that the issue had recently been blown out of proportion.

He said both the two bodies understand their distinctive roles hence have no conflict at all.

Kavuludi also said Police Officers who will have been vetted and found to be unsuitable to serve in the National Police Service will be dismissed from the service, adding that such an officer dismissed after vetting has a right to challenge the Commission’s decision to dismiss him after vetting as allowed by the law.

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