Requirements

General conditions (all required)

• Be a Kenyan citizen with a valid Kenyan national ID card.

• Age: 18-23 for regular GSO cadets; 18-26 for graduate cadets, general duty recruits and tradesmen/women; not above 30 for specialist officers; not above 35 for medical consultants and catechists/maalims; not above 39 for chaplains/imams.

• Have no criminal record.

• Minimum height: men 1.60 m, women 1.52 m. Minimum weight: men 54.55 kg, women 50 kg. BMI between 18.5 and 30.

• Women must not be pregnant during recruitment and training.

• Be medically fit to KDF standards.

• Bring original documents plus four copies of your national ID, KRA PIN certificate and academic certificates.

Minimum academic qualifications

• GSO Cadets (regular): KCSE mean grade B (plain), with C+ in English, Mathematics and one science subject.

• GSO Cadets (graduate): the regular cadet grades plus a bachelor's degree in a listed field (for example engineering, ICT, finance, education, GIS or public administration).

• Specialist Officers: the regular cadet grades plus a bachelor's degree in a listed field (chaplaincy, law, medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, or MMed for consultants) and registration with the relevant body.

• Tradesmen/Women (diploma): KCSE C- (minus) and a relevant diploma.

• Tradesmen/Women (certificate/artisans): KCSE D+ (plus) and a relevant certificate with Government Trade Test Grade II or Craft II.

• General Duty Recruits: KCSE mean grade D (plain).

Experience

• Specialist Officers and Tradesmen/Women: at least two years of practising experience in their field after registration with the relevant body.

Added advantage (not required)

• General Duty Recruits who completed NYS training.

• Legal officers with Certified Public Secretary (CPS).

• Education tradesmen/women with Special Needs Education or Kenya Sign Language.