This archive report was first published on 27 October 2019.
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has rescheduled their recruitment exercise, which was previously set for October, to take place from November 27 to December 16, 2019.
According to a statement released by KDF on Saturday, October 26, 2019, candidates who had already applied earlier are required to reapply in line with the new dates.
Deputy Director of Public Communications Bogita Ongeri explained that recruitment of general service officers, cadets, specialist officers, tradesmen and tradeswomen will be done at the Defence headquarters, with those shortlisted being notified through the newspapers from November 16-20.
General duty recruits and defence forces constables, however, will be recruited by KDF teams at sub-county level, with those who make the cut being notified from December 23-29 in the dailies.
The recruitment process had earlier been scheduled for October 28 but was cancelled following protests by Kenyan legislators over recruitment centres.
The Parliamentary Defence and Foreign Relations Committee had opposed a prior announcement by the government that KDF recruitment would take place at the county headquarters, arguing that hundreds of youth would be locked out in this manner.
Instead, the committee suggested that the exercise should be conducted at the sub-counties.
