Who controls Kenya police? NPSC challenges IG Kanja’s powers

The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has told the Court of Appeal that the Constitution gives it exclusive powers to recruit, appoint, promote and discipline police officers, challenging a ruling that handed those functions to the Inspector-General.

The commission argues that the Constitution deliberately separated operational command of the National Police Service (NPS) from human resource management to prevent the concentration of power that characterised the previous constitutional order.