Police Spokesman Charles Owino Gives the Challenges of Recruiting Officers with C+ Grades
While speaking in an interview, police spokesman Charles Owino said there is a need to recruit officers with low grades because they will work in their assigned position for a longer time.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
Charles Owino differed with the Interior Security Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on the qualifications for the recruitment of police into the service.
According to Charles Owino, police officers with C+ grades often advance their academics and they eventually ask for promotions.
Owino said, “We have a challenge when we employ every policeman with Grade C+ and above. They go back to school, get degrees & come back and ask for promotions. It is important we get officers who have C plain, C -, and D+.”
Speaking last week, former Education CS Matiang’i said the police service should recruit officers with higher grades for them to be able to deal with complex crimes.
“This is why I have been fighting that we look at the cut-off point of the people we are admitting. Surely, if we are admitting you with a D plus then we are telling you to go to the complex science of analyzing blood and preparing a document that the DPP is going to use in court to prove murder, are we serious honestly? Are we serious?” the CS posed.
Matiang’i observed that Kiganjo Police Training College graduates lack the necessary qualifications to deal with cases that the DPP might need their help.
