NMS to recruit 700 enforcement constables to plug personnel shortfall
Nairobi Metropolitan Services boss Major General Mohammed Badi. NMS has shortlisted 2,113 people as it seeks to recruit 700 of enforcement constables.
What you need to know:
- The shortlisted candidates will go for physical checks and interviews between December 1, 2021 and December 2, 2021 at City Stadium
Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) is set to recruit 700 enforcement constables to plug staff shortfall as the city county government grapples with shortage of inspectorate officers.
Already, 2,113 enforcement constable applicants have been shortlisted and will be interviewed starting Wednesday.
In a public notice on Monday November 29, NMS announced that it has completed shortlisting of applicants for the position of enforcement constable.
The shortlisted candidates will go for physical checks and interviews between December 1, 2021 and December 2, 2021 at City Stadium.
The first group consisting of 1,063 applicants will be interviewed on December 1, 2021 while the remaining 1,050 will be interviewed on December 2, 2021 at the same venue.
“The list of the shortlisted candidates has been published in the NMS website and members of the public are advised to visit the website for the full list. Shortlisted candidates will be required to participate in physical exercises,” the notice by Lieutenant General Mohamed Badi reads in part.
Those successful will be absorbed as constables and will be engaged in three-year renewable contracts subject to satisfactory performance.
According to NMS, the new recruits will help replace those who have left service through natural attrition as well as boost the numbers of officers available for service.
The move is also aimed at reinvigorating a unit that is grappling with overage staff with recruitment in the sector done over a decade ago.
“Out of the 2,113 shortlisted, we are only going to recruit 700 most suitable candidates. This is to boost the manpower and also to replace personnel who retired. Over the years, many of the officers have left service,” said NMS Head of Strategic Communications Tony Mbarine.
Mr Mbarine pointed out that the recruitment is timely because Nairobi’s population has been growing increasing the need to have adequate personnel with the last recruitment in the sector done more than 10 years ago.
“People continue to retire yet the population keeps on increasing. We cannot get adequate services if we don’t have enough representation,” he said.
In the advertisement made last year April, the Public Service Commission (PSC) called for the applicants to be aged between 18 and 26 years.
The advert said NMS will hire 1,000 county workers including 300 enforcement officers and 700 enforcement constables.
The enforcement officers are will be tasked with maintaining law and order in Nairobi by manning high class metro transport parking bays and termini, dealing with public safety, safety of markets and promoting trade and industry.
