Cops to undergo mandatory mental fitness test.
The National Police Service Commission has embarked on a countrywide mental assessment of police officers.
This comes when the country is witnessing a shocking surge in cases of suicide and murders within the service.
The exercise which started in Nairobi in May is meant to ascertain the mental fitness of officers to continue carrying out their police work.
NPSC chairman Eliud Kinuthia on Thursday told National Assembly’s Committee on Administration and National Security that the commission has set up a medical board that is carrying out assessments on all officers.
“The commission has established a special medical board to conduct the degree of mental illnesses affecting members of the National Police Service.
"This will inform cases that need referral for specialised ...