The National Police Service has disowned a recruitment poster doing rounds on social media platforms, branding it FAKE.
NPS further cautioned the public against falling victim to the fake notice purporting to announce the recruitment of police constables in various counties.
The notice purports that NPS will be carrying out the exercise to recruit police constables in Taita Taveta, Wajir, Kilifi, Kwale, Mombasa and other counties at dates, time and venues specified therein.
Kenyan citizens with valid identification cards were asked to provide their official documents and apply for the said posts.
”Pursuant to Article 240(3) and (4) as read with Articles 10; 27(8) and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya; Sections 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, I the IG in exercise of powers delegated to me by the NPS Commission, seek to recruit 5,000 suitably qualified applicants to be trained as Police Constables,” part of the flagged post read.
Sounding highly official the notice went as far as warning applicants not to present altered documentation.
”Under section 25 of the NPS Commission Act, any person who willfully gives to the Commission any information which is false or misleading in any material particular commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding Sh200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.”
Even as the NPS dissociates itself from the notice, attention now turns to conmen who exploit social media to spin sophisticated fraud.
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