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    ANTECEDENTS OF ETHICAL ISSUES IN POLICE RECRUITMENT IN KENYA: A CASE OF THE EMBAKASI POLICE TRAINING INSTITUTE
    (management university of africa, 2024-09) JULIET O. NYANGÁI
    The ethical issues surrounding police hiring in Kenya have raised concerns, primarily in regard to openness, equity, and following of the set hiring protocols. The integrity of the recruiting process has been weakened by a number of complaints directed against the Kenya Police Service, including claims of partiality, corruption, and a lack of accountability. These moral dilemmas impact public confidence in law enforcement agencies in addition to making it more difficult to choose competent applicants in a fair and reasonable manner. Although recruiting and selection procedures, procedural guidelines, and a legislative framework aimed at maintaining ethical standards are in place, it is still unclear how successful these systems are. Using the Embakasi Training Institute as a case study, this paper examines the causes of ethical problems in police recruitment. The specific objectives of the study were to evaluate the effects of the indirect procedural guidelines on ethical issues in police recruitment in Kenya, to determine the effect of recruitment and selection policies on ethical issues in police recruitment in Kenya, to investigate the effect of recruitment strategies on ethical issues in police recruitment in Kenya and to examine the effect of the legal framework on ethical issues in recruitment at the Kenya police service. The study was based on three theories, which are the Attribution Theory Institutional theory and Implicit Personality theory. This study was anchored on Institutional theory as the key theory because of its emphasis on the deeper and more resilient aspects of social structure. The researcher used descriptive research design. The study's target population was 200 police officers and staff involved in the recruitment process at Embakasi Police Training institute. The sample size was 100 staff of Embakasi Police Training. Data was collected using structured questionnaires which were distributed to the sampled respondents at Embakasi Police Training institute. The questionnaires were collected within one month. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with help of SPSS. The findings were then presented using tables and charts. From the analysis of the filled questionnaires, it was found that there is adherence to recruitment policy and code of ethics during recruitment at the Kenya Police Service as such indirect procedural guidelines influence ethical police recruitment at the Kenya Police force in Embakasi. The study also found that recruitment strategies put in place by the Kenya Police force affect the ethical police recruitment in Kenya. The study then concluded that indirect procedural guidelines, recruitment and selection policies, recruitment strategies and legal framework all significantly affect ethical recruitment at the Embakasi Police Training Institute. From the study it is recommended that recruiting agencies should put in place procedural guidelines, recruitment and selection policies and strategies to enhance ethics in recruitment. The findings of this study will be beneficial to policy makers, academicians and researchers. The findings will also be of benefit to the recruitment practice in public and private organizations. The findings will inform policymakers on the need for policy changes and implementation of ethical recruitment practices in the police service.