The Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) has announced a countrywide mass recruitment exercise for constables scheduled on April 30, 2025.
In addition the applications for professional cadet officers, technicians, and artisans will be made online.
In a notice published in the local dailies on Monday April 7, 2025 the service reported that the exercise would be carried out across all the 47 counties in the country.
“The Kenya Prisons Service wishes to announce to the public that there will be a recruitment exercise of prisons constables (male & female) on 30th April 2025,” read part of the statement.
According to the notice, applicants for professional cadet officer positions should hold a relevant undergraduate degree from a recognised institution of higher learning, while technician applicants should have a relevant certificate/diploma.
Kenya Prison further stated that artisan applicants should have a minimum mean grade of D+ in their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and a certificate in Government Trade Test Grade I/II from a recognised institution or a certificate in a craft or its equivalent qualification from a recognised institution.
Professional cadets positions available include medical officers, psychiatrists, pharmacists and civil engineers, while technicians positions available are animal health officers, agricultural and horticultural officers among others.
Artisans needed include carpenters, interior designers, hairdressers, plumbers, etc.
To qualify for either of the positions, men should be at least five feet and four inches tall, while women should be five feet and two inches tall and not pregnant at the time of recruitment. All applicants should be physically and mentally fit, with clear vision and good hearing.
Those interested in the latter three positions should fill out the PSC.2 form, which can be accessed at the public service official website, and attach clear photocopies of academic and professional certificates and ID cards.
The applications should be sent to the commissioner general of prisons before April 30. Shortlisted candidates will be notified through print media.
To qualify for the constable position, one must be a Kenyan citizen with a valid identification (ID) card between the ages of 18 and 28 and have a clean record. Academically, they should have a KCSE examination grade of D+ (plus) and above.
Prospective candidates have been advised to carry their original national ID cards, birth certificates, KRA PIN certificates, academic certificates, and other testimonials on the day of recruitment.
The recruitment will be free, and applicants have been warned against engaging in any bribery practices.
