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Category : Police Reforms
Police Bosses may Miss out on Top Posts. The Sunday Nation, Pg 24
Sunday, 12 Jun 2011

There are sources within the the police indicate that the top brass lacks the qualifications for the post of inspector general of police of the renamed National Police Service. There are fears that there is a possibility of having an outsider assuming leadership of th

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Saitoti Allays fesr on Police Vetting The Daily Nation, Pg 17
Saturday, 11 Jun 2011

The Internal security Minister George Saitoti has come out to say that the vetting process was not intended to victimise any officer. The vetting that begun on Monday was done in privacy and after the process, officers will be promoted, demoted, or re-deployed to othe

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Credibility of the Police Vetting put on Test. The Standard, Pg 12
Saturday, 11 Jun 2011

The exercise by the Kenya police to vet officers in the rank of the Superitendant faces the risk of being discredited after some serving officers questioned the criteria being used. Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe has said the purpose of vetting the officers away from

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Internal Security to get 7billion to fund Reforms The Star, Pg 3
Thursday, 09 Jun 2011

In a statement read in parliament by the Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, the Internal Security Ministry will receive sh7.4 Billion, that is intended to boost the ongoing reforms within its departments of security, adminidtration, and government press. As part of refo

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Vetting Police Chiefs Begins Behind Closed doors The Standard, Pg 9
Tuesday, 07 Jun 2011

The Country wide vetting of over 2,000 senior police officers kicked off yesterday with the public and media being barred from the proceedings. The Commissioner of police Mathew Iteere said the exercise was a written exam and th public did not have any role to play. H

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Anxiety Over Police Vetting. The Standard, Pg 7
Monday, 06 Jun 2011

A panel drawn from the Public Service Commission, Police Reform Implementation Committee, the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, National Security Intelligence Service, Administration police, Kenya Police and the Nairobi University will hold the vetting in all the eigh

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COTU rejects Team Vetting Police officers The Daily Nation, Pg 8
Monday, 06 Jun 2011

Central Organisation of Trade Unions  has raised concern over the vetting process for the top police officerss. COTU secretary General Francis Atwoli has asked the government to halt the process citing lack of fairness and justice adding that the organisation has

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Senior Police Uneasy over Vetting The Star, Pg 5
Tuesday, 07 Jun 2011

The Vetting of senior police officers started in Nyanza and Northern Eastern Provinces amidst misgivings over the process. Most of the officers are questioning whether the Police Reform Implementation Committee headed by Titus Naikuni is following the recomendations o

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