The planned recruitment of 10,000 police officers across the country has been halted by the Labour Court over the contention as to who should conduct the process between the Inspector-General of Police and the National Police Service Commission (NPSC).
Politician John Harun Mwau argued in the petition that the Constitution vests independent command of the National Police Service and provides that no person may give direction to the Police IG regarding the employment, assignment, promotion, suspension and even the dismissal of any member of the service.
