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15 July 2006

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Embakasi police training colle

A section of senior officers at the Administration Police Training College, Embakasi, have cited intimidation by their seniors following the revelations of corruption in recruitment.

The officers say they are being threatened with sacking for allegedly leaking information of the situation at the college.

Insiders said that some senior officers were unhappy with the exposure, exclusively covered by The Standard last week. The college management has since vowed to discipline those suspected to have leaked the information.

"Tension is high with some of us being threatened with sacking for allegedly leaking the information," said a senior officer.

The revelations came as Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (Kacc) officials said they are compiling a report on the recruitment.

Senior officers in AP, including commandant Kinuthia Mbugua, kept a low profile even after over 1,000 recruits were sent home following the revelations.

The recruits were sent home following revelations that the recruitment was marred with bribery and nepotism.

The recruits were driven out of the compound on Wednesday afternoon after being informed that they were unfit to continue with the training.

It could not be immediately established if those sent home were the extra recruits who insiders had said were handpicked and driven there without undergoing normal recruitment procedure.

There were extra 1,061 recruits who had been admitted to the college.

Authorities at the college refused to comment on the matter, but informed officials said the decision to send away the recruits was arrived at after a meeting at the Office of the President.

Some 2,051 recruits had by two weeks ago been admitted there and were scrambling for meager facilities at the college. Senior officers at the college had been arm twisted to recruit an extra 1,061 recruits.

The extra number of recruits was handpicked by powerful politicians and delivered to the college without the mandatory scrutiny.

Kacc said they had received complaints of possible manipulation of the exercise conducted on June 9 by powerful individuals.

"We were in the field when the exercise was being conducted and recorded some events. For now, we have received complaints of nepotism, which took place later," said a senior Kacc official.

The college, which until last year took only 888 recruits for the nine-month training, is said to have recruited 1,061 more. Reports indicated that the recruits were forced to share amenities, including beds. Each of the country�s 74 districts was to produce 12 recruits, according to an official structure at the Office of the President.

Mbugua had earlier defended the exercise, saying the number was increased to 1,500 through a directive to double the intake for the Kenya police and the Administration counterparts.

The secretive nature in which the additional recruits were picked and why failed to go through the normal process was not explained.

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Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
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