EMBAKASI, NAIROBI, 4 SEPTEMBER 2026
The Commission Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the National Gender and Equality Commission, Dr Purity Ngina, joined His Excellency the President and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Douglas Kanja, at the Administration Police pass-out parade in Embakasi on Friday, where a woman recruit was recognised as the best shooter in her cohort.
The recognition carries weight beyond the parade square. Marksmanship is among the most objectively measured skills in police training, and the award demonstrates that women compete and excel in every field, including policing and national security.
The Commission monitors and promotes compliance with the principles of equality and non-discrimination across the public service, and has recorded progress by the National Police Service in strengthening gender-responsive policing. That progress includes the establishment of gender desks across police stations and the POLICARE one-stop centres that bring essential services closer to survivors of gender-based violence.
Read alongside the Commission’s engagement at Nanyuki four days later, the parade at Embakasi frames the same tutional question from the recruitment end. A police service that opens its ranks to women on merit is also the service expected to deliver equal protection to survivors at the counter, in the interview room and along the referral pathway.
