Garissa resident sues National Assembly over police service commission appointments
Rukia Mohamed claims appointments favour certain regions, ignoring President Ruto’s directive for fair national representation.
A Garissa resident has filed a lawsuit against the National Assembly, alleging it ignored President William Ruto’s directive to ensure regional balance in appointing commissioners to the National Police Service Commission (NPSC).
In a petition filed at the High Court, Rukia Mohamed has named the National Assembly, the selection panel responsible for identifying nominees for the NPSC chairperson and members, and the Public Service Commission as respondents.
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Through her lawyers, Sallah & Advocates, Rukia argues that the recent appointments violate the constitutional principle of regional diversity.
"The nine commissioners come from counties that border each other and all cluster together in the South-Western part of Kenya," she states in her petition filed at the High Court in Nairobi.
She says President Ruto had explicitly instructed that former provincial boundaries be used to assess whether appointments were regionally balanced and faults the respondents for allegedly ignoring this guidance.
Rukia is asking the court to compel the respondents to produce the criteria, formula, and method used in shortlisting the nominees, including the names forwarded to the President, appraisal forms, scores for each candidate, and recordings of the interviews.
Vetting process
The petition cites a previous vetting process by the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs in June 2025, noting that the President had earlier raised similar concerns.
"The President referred back the list of candidates recommended for appointment, as they did not individually and collectively satisfy the constitutional, statutory, or representational thresholds," the petition reads in part.
She further claims that the final list of appointees heavily favoured specific regions. According to her, the distribution was: South Rift (3), Central (2), Western (2), Nyanza (1), and Coast (1), with Eastern and North Eastern completely excluded.
Rukia also alleges that her earlier petition to the National Security Committee and Coordination was ignored, despite being duly stamped and received on 14 July 2024.
"It is shocking that the committee report tabled before the National Assembly claims they had not received any memorandum contesting the suitability of the nominees," she argues.
She is now asking the court to halt the appointments and compel full disclosure of the recruitment process, insisting that the law and the President’s directive on fair regional representation must be upheld.
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