Kenya Prisons recruitment Stories

High Court clears path for recruitment of 10,000 police officers after petition withdrawn
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 30, 2025

The case was withdrawn after petitioners told the court they had received more than 20,000 calls and messages from young people urging them not to der...

MPs call for activation of Sh4 billion Revolving Prison Enterprise Fund to improve operations
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 10, 2025

The fund, once operational, is expected to finance training programmes for inmates, purchase modern equipment and machinery and promote goods produced...

Court to rule on halt of prisons recruitment, suspension of national budget-making process
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 05, 2025

The courts will hear a petition filed by a lobby group seeking to suspend the national budget-making process until the government addresses Kenya’s ba...

Court declines to halt prisons recruitment amid claims of discrimination against serving officers
Joseph Ndunda  |  Apr 24, 2025

The KPS will on Tuesday recruit degree holders who have not worked anywhere as cadets to take them for the inspectorate's course and hire them as pris...

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