The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has cautioned Kenyans against falling victim to a fraudulent recruitment notice circulating on social media — but confusion lingers after the National Police Service (NPS) itself appeared to validate the same information.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, September 9, the Commission dismissed the notice as fake and intended to mislead unsuspecting applicants.
“The National Police Service Commission has noted with concern a fake recruitment notice circulating on social media purporting to announce the recruitment of police constables and directing applicants to an unauthorized online link,” the statement read.
NPSC urged the public to ignore the scam and only rely on official communication through its website, mainstream media, and verified social media accounts. It further assured Kenyans that a genuine recruitment drive is in the works and updates will be released in due course.
Yet, by the time of going to press, the NPS had not pulled down a post on its official X account carrying details strikingly similar to the disputed notice. The contradiction between the two institutions has left many Kenyans unsure which message to trust — a gap fraudsters may exploit to prey on desperate job seekers.
The warning comes just days after NPSC allegedly ratified plans to recruit 10,000 police constables across the country.
During a meeting on Friday, September 5, chaired by NPSC Chairperson Yuda Komora, the Commission and key security stakeholders discussed human resource matters within the Service. Central to the talks was the upcoming recruitment drive, which the Commission insisted will be guided by the National Police Service Commission (Recruitment and Appointment) Regulations, 2025.
These new rules, crafted under Section 28 of the NPSC Act, replace the 2015 framework and seek to address persistent challenges around corruption and favoritism in police recruitment. NPSC underscored that transparency and merit will form the backbone of the exercise.
“These regulations aim at streamlining the recruitment of members of the Service to promote transparency and ensure merit-based selection,” the Commission said.
For now, however, the contradictory messaging between NPS and NPSC has left applicants in limbo — a communication gap that risks undermining public confidence in one of the country’s most consequential recruitment exercises.
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