Government jobs, KDF and police recruitment
Applying for national and county government jobs, internships, and how KDF, police and teacher recruitment works. Answers come from the Public Service Commission, county public service boards, TSC, KDF and the National Police Service.
Most asked
- Apply for a TSC teaching job (teacher recruitment)
- Apply for Public Service Commission (PSC) jobs
- Work abroad safely: register with NEA and get your foreign job contract attested
- Join the National Police Service as a police constable
- Join the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF recruitment)
- Appeal to the Public Service Commission against a disciplinary or HR decision
- Apply for a job at Kenya Railways
- Apply for a job at KNEC (staff vacancies)
All 281, A to Z
- Appeal to the Public Service Commission against a disciplinary or HR decision
- Apply for a job at Kenya Railways
- Apply for a job at KNEC (staff vacancies)
- Apply for a Kenya Forest Service (KFS) ranger job
- Apply for a KNDI nutrition internship and use the attachment logbook
- Apply for a KPA port pass (Port Movement/Access Card)
- Apply for a pharmacy internship placement (PPB)
- Apply for a promotion in the civil service through PSC adverts
- Apply for a teacher transfer with TSC
- Apply for a TSC teaching job (teacher recruitment)
- Apply for admission as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
- Apply for and sit the clinical officers pre-internship exam
- Apply for and sit the NCK nursing licensure exam
- Apply for jobs at Parliament (Parliamentary Service Commission)
- Apply for Judiciary jobs and internships (Judicial Service Commission)
- Apply for leave as a TSC teacher (maternity, paternity, annual)
- Apply for NPSC civilian jobs and internships
- Apply for Public Service Commission (PSC) jobs
- Apply for pupillage at the Office of the Attorney General
- Apply for the KIPPRA Young Professionals programme or attachment
- Apply for the NYOTA youth programme (job training, business capital, savings)
- Apply for the Presidential DigiTalent Programme (ICT graduate internship)
- Apply for the Public Service Internship Programme (PSIP)
- Apply for the veterinary internship programme (KVB)
- Apply for tools of trade from NCPWD (start-up kits for youth with disabilities)
- Apply for TSC Secretariat (non-teaching) jobs
- Apply to be a DOSHS approved person (safety adviser, fire auditor, plant examiner, trainer)
- Apply to be a Notary Public, or renew your notary certificate
- Apply to be a temporary IEBC election official (clerk, presiding officer)
- Apply to be appointed a Commissioner for Oaths (advocates)
- Are you owed service pay or gratuity when you leave a job?
- Audition to perform at national day celebrations (PPMC)
- Become a community health promoter (CHP)
- Become an accredited court-annexed mediator
- Breastfeeding breaks and lactation rooms at work
- Can an employer ask for clearance certificates before offering you a job?
- Can an employer or agent keep your passport?
- Can someone force you to work or hold you in servitude?
- Can your employer change your job, pay or work station without your agreement?
- Change your salary bank account (TSC teachers)
- Check a licensed seafarer recruitment agency before paying for a ship job
- Check if a physical planner is registered (PPRB)
- Check if a recruitment agency is licensed
- Check if an architect or quantity surveyor is registered (BORAQS)
- Check if an engineer is registered (EBK)
- Check that a journalist is accredited (MCK press card)
- Child labour: what the law says and where to report it
- Civil service job groups and salary scales
- Claim compensation for an injury at work (WIBA)
- Clearance documents for a government job (Chapter Six)
- Complain about (or compliment) how a criminal case is prosecuted (ODPP)
- Complain about a court, magistrate or court staff (Office of the Judiciary Ombudsman)
- Complain about an advocate (lawyer) to the Advocates Complaints Commission
- Complain to the Ombudsman about a government office
- Contact ICPAK (head office and branches)
- Convert or validate a foreign pilot licence
- Correct your name or personal details in TSC records
- Discrimination at work: what the law says
- Do you need a written employment contract?
- Do your teacher performance appraisal on TPAD (TSC)
- Documents you need for a new job in Kenya
- Earn and track your nursing CPD points (NCK)
- ECDE teacher jobs: how counties recruit pre-primary teachers
- Employment Act 2007: what it covers and where to read the current version
- File a discrimination complaint with NGEC
- File upgrading certificates and advanced training with KMLTTB
- Find a job abroad through Kazi Majuu (Diaspora Placement Agency)
- Find and apply for Baringo County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Bomet County jobs (Bomet County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Bungoma County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Busia County jobs (Busia County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for county assembly jobs (County Assembly Service Board)
- Find and apply for county government jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Elgeyo Marakwet County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Embu County jobs (Embu County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Garissa County jobs (Garissa County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Homa Bay County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Isiolo County jobs (Isiolo County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for jobs and attachment at Geothermal Development Company (GDC)
- Find and apply for jobs and internships at the Central Bank of Kenya
- Find and apply for jobs at EACC
- Find and apply for jobs at KEBS
- Find and apply for jobs at KeNHA
- Find and apply for jobs at Kenya Airports Authority (KAA)
- Find and apply for jobs at KRA
- Find and apply for jobs at the Office of the Auditor-General
- Find and apply for jobs, internships and attachment at KenGen
- Find and apply for jobs, internships and attachment at Kenya Power
- Find and apply for Kajiado County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Kakamega County jobs (Kakamega County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for KALRO jobs, internships and attachments
- Find and apply for Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) jobs, internships and attachments
- Find and apply for Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) jobs, internships and attachments
- Find and apply for Kericho County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for KeRRA jobs and internships
- Find and apply for Kiambu County jobs (Kiambu County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Kilifi County jobs (Kilifi County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Kirinyaga County jobs (County Public Service Board portal)
- Find and apply for Kisii County jobs (Kisii County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Kisumu County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Kitui County jobs (Kitui County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for KNBS jobs (including survey and census work)
- Find and apply for Kwale County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Laikipia County jobs (Laikipia County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Lamu County jobs (Lamu County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Machakos County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Makueni County jobs (Makueni County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Mandera County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Marsabit County jobs (Marsabit County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Meru County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Migori County jobs (Migori County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Mombasa County jobs (Mombasa County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Murang'a County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Nairobi City County jobs (Nairobi City County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Nakuru County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Nandi County jobs (Nandi County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Narok County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Nyamira County jobs (Nyamira County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Nyandarua County jobs (Nyandarua County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Nyeri County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for ODPP jobs
- Find and apply for Samburu County jobs (Samburu County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Siaya County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Taita Taveta County jobs (Taita Taveta County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Tana River County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Tharaka Nithi County jobs (Tharaka Nithi County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Trans Nzoia County jobs (Trans Nzoia County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Turkana County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Uasin Gishu County jobs (Uasin Gishu County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for Vihiga County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Find and apply for West Pokot County jobs (County Public Service Board)
- Foreign-trained doctors: sit the KMPDC exams or get temporary registration
- Get a cabin crew member certificate (CMC)
- Get a certificate of good standing (certificate of status) from KMPDC
- Get a Class M work permit as a refugee
- Get a clinical officer internship placement
- Get a duplicate TSC certificate of registration
- Get a medical or dental internship placement and internship licence (KMPDC)
- Get a pilot licence (student, private, commercial or airline transport)
- Get a PPB pharmaceutical representative (medical rep) permit
- Get a practising certificate as an HR professional (IHRM)
- Get a seafarer's discharge book (CDC) and seafarer ID
- Get a Youth Fund migration loan to take up a job abroad
- Get accredited as a journalist (MCK press card)
- Get accredited as an election observer (IEBC)
- Get accredited by NLAS as a paralegal or legal aid provider
- Get accredited to cover State House and presidential events (journalists)
- Get an air traffic controller, flight dispatcher, radio operator, flight engineer or ground instructor licence
- Get an aircraft maintenance engineer licence (AMEL)
- Get an electrician or electrical contractor licence from EPRA
- Get an EPRA energy auditor or energy audit firm licence
- Get an EPRA solar PV technician or solar contractor licence
- Get an internship or research pass (foreign interns and researchers)
- Get an NCA card as a skilled construction worker or site supervisor
- Get assessed for registration as a traditional, complementary or integrative medicine (TCIM) practitioner
- Get certified as an ICT professional (ICT Authority register)
- Get confirmed in your TSC appointment after probation
- Get EACC approval to open or keep a bank account outside Kenya (state and public officers)
- Get into Talanta Hela (national talent programme)
- Get licensed as a land surveyor and renew your annual practising licence (Land Surveyors' Board)
- Get NCK verification to work as a nurse abroad (Verification for Emigration)
- Get or renew a clinical officer's professional practice licence
- Get or renew a driving instructor licence
- Get or renew a nurse's practising licence (Nursing Council of Kenya)
- Get or revalidate a seafarer certificate of competency or proficiency (STCW)
- Get paid after winning a court case against the Government
- Get recognised as a medical or dental specialist or subspecialist (KMPDC)
- Get temporary registration as a foreign engineer (EBK)
- Get your payslip and P9 as a civil servant (GHRIS)
- Get your trade skills certified by NITA (Recognition of Prior Learning)
- House allowance, water and medicine from your employer
- How long you have to bring a claim against your employer
- How many days of annual leave you are entitled to
- How many sick days you are entitled to
- How much notice your employer must give (and what you owe if you resign)
- ICPAK AGM and council elections: who can vote
- ICPAK jobs, internships and tenders
- Inspect a public body's register of conflict of interest
- Intern rights in Kenya: stipend, leave, insurance and contracts
- Is a non-compete clause in a job contract enforceable?
- Join Ajira Digital to learn and find online work
- Join the Kenya Coast Guard Service (KCGS recruitment)
- Join the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF recruitment)
- Join the Kenya Prisons Service
- Join the Kenya Wildlife Service as a ranger
- Join the National Police Reserve (become a police reservist)
- Join the National Police Service as a police constable
- Join the National Youth Service (NYS)
- Leave TSC service: retirement or resignation
- Log in to TSC online services (Teachers Online and the teachers portal)
- Maternity, paternity and adoption leave: what the law says
- Meet KMPDC CPD requirements and check your CPD points
- Minimum wage in Kenya: where the official rates are published and what your employer must pay
- Must employers reserve jobs for persons with disabilities?
- Must public buildings be accessible to persons with disabilities?
- Notify the National Employment Authority (NEA) of job vacancies (employers)
- Pay your annual EBK subscription (renew your engineer's licence)
- Pay your ICPAK annual subscription and use the member portal
- Police officers: appeal a disciplinary decision to the NPSC, and the NPSC counselling line
- Probation at work: how long it can last and how it ends
- Register and get a practice licence as a public health officer or technician (PHOTC)
- Register and get a practising licence as a NEMA EIA/EA expert or firm
- Register and get a practising licence as a physiotherapist (PCK)
- Register and get licensed as an occupational therapist
- Register and get or renew a licence as a medical laboratory professional
- Register as a clinical officer
- Register as a graduate engineer (EBK)
- Register as a health records and information officer
- Register as a jobseeker with the National Employment Authority (NEAIMS)
- Register as a medical or dental practitioner after internship (KMPDC)
- Register as a member of ICPAK
- Register as a nurse or midwife trained outside Kenya (NCK)
- Register as a nutritionist or dietitian and renew your KNDI practising licence
- Register as a patent (industrial property) agent with KIPI
- Register as a pharmacist or enrol as a pharmaceutical technologist, and renew your annual practice licence
- Register as a physical planner and get a practising certificate (PPRB)
- Register as a private security officer (guard) and get a Guard Force Number (GFN)
- Register as a professional engineer (EBK)
- Register as a radiation worker or engineer with KNRA
- Register as a tour guide or other tourism worker with TRA
- Register as a valuer with the Valuers Registration Board
- Register as a veterinary surgeon or veterinary paraprofessional (KVB)
- Register as an architect or quantity surveyor (BORAQS Form B2)
- Register as an emergency medical technician (EMT), paramedic or ambulance operator (KMPDC)
- Register as an engineering technologist or technician (KETRB), or verify one
- Register as an estate agent (EARB)
- Register for Climate WorX Mtaani (Climate Resilience Service Program)
- Register for NCA training (contractor CPD, site supervisors and construction workers)
- Register with EBK as a consulting engineer or accredited checker
- Register with KISM and get a practising licence as a procurement (supplies) professional
- Register your skills on the National Skills Inventory or FundiLocator
- Renew a doctor's or dentist's annual practice licence (KMPDC)
- Renew your annual veterinary licence (KVB retention)
- Renew your BORAQS practising licence and meet CPD
- Renew your estate agent annual practising certificate (EARB)
- Replace a lost or damaged NITA trade test certificate
- Report a human rights violation to KNCHR
- Report a trade dispute for conciliation
- Report an employer to the labour office (unpaid wages, unfair dismissal)
- Report hate speech or ethnic discrimination to NCIC
- Request information from a government office, and appeal a refusal to the Ombudsman
- Resigning because your employer made work unbearable (constructive dismissal)
- Rights of a house help or domestic worker
- Safety at work: your rights and your employer's duties
- Salaries of the President, MPs, governors, CSs and MCAs
- Salary increments and pay reviews: what Kenyan law says
- Settle a case through Court Annexed Mediation, or register a private mediation agreement
- Sexual harassment at work: what the law says
- Sit a NITA government trade test (Grade III, II or I)
- Sit the BORAQS professional exams (architects and quantity surveyors)
- Sit the PPB pre-registration / pre-enrolment exams
- Sit, re-sit or defer the KMLTTB registration exam
- Spot and report fake government job adverts and recruitment scams
- Take a political party dispute to the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT)
- Take a sports dispute to the Sports Disputes Tribunal
- Train or find online work through Jitume digital hubs
- TSC medical examination form (GP 69) for teachers
- TSC teacher internship programme: who qualifies and how to apply
- TSC teacher promotions: grades and how to apply
- TSC teacher salary scales and yearly increments (CBA)
- Unpaid wages when your employer goes bankrupt
- Use a Youth Empowerment Centre (YEC)
- View your TSC payslip online (T-Pay)
- Volunteer with the Kenya Wildlife Service (international volunteer placement)
- What counts as unfair dismissal
- What happens to a worker's salary and dues when they die
- What you are owed if you are declared redundant
- What your employer can deduct from your salary
- When a casual worker becomes a regular employee
- When a strike is legal, and what happens to your job and pay
- When and how your employer must pay your wages
- Which court handles employment cases, and how to take your employer to court
- Work abroad safely: register with NEA and get your foreign job contract attested
- Work as a KNEC exam supervisor or invigilator (CP2 portal) and get paid
- Work injuries: can you sue your employer, who pays the hospital bills, and how WIBA compensation is worked out
- Working hours, overtime pay and rest days
- Your basic labour rights under the Constitution
- Your employer deducted NSSF, SHIF or loan money but didn't pay it in
- Your right to a certificate of service when you leave a job
- Your right to join a trade union, union dues and union recognition
- Your rights at work as a person with disability