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"content": "to protect those judges. We have seen what has happened in countries like Italy, where judges who are, for instances, dealing with cases of drug trafficking, are targeted for elimination. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, since we are providing for a judicial process to enable the NIS officers to go out and search premises of people who are suspected of engaging in money laundering or drug trafficking, the identity of such judges must be kept secret. We have heard of cases where some police officers were trailed and gunned down just because they were responsible for investigations of some cases relating to drugs. So, the operations of this institution must be guarded by the country. Since the Constitution, in Articles 260 and 132, has authorized the establishment of the NIS, it is necessary that we, as a nation, make sure that the officers recruited to serve in the Service are top notch individuals of this nation. As we have heard, NIS officers are also supposed to understand the perceptions of people of various developments in the country. So, we should recruit people from various academic areas, including psychology, so that NIS officers can even tell when people are planning to act in a manner that may jeopardize the interests of our country. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, those of us who have read the Waki Report on Post Election Violence know for sure that he predecessor of the NIS knew way back in June, 2007 that there would be a problem after the general election. The Service reported their findings to the respective Government officers. Justice Waki asked why action was not taken then, so that the security arms of the Government could prevent the incidents that took place after the 2007 general election. That is why, in the NIS’s wisdom, they wanted legal provision for some limited amount of time, so that they can move in and act to forestall a situation like the one of 2007/2008. I hear that the Committee has proposed an amendment to delete this provision from the Bill. Now that we have decided to delete the provision for the NIS to act to forestall a bad situation, there must be an amendment in the laws, to ensure that the security officers who receive intelligence information regarding such impending situations can be held accountable, if they fail to act appropriately. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, whenever we have a problem, we blame the NIS yet the Service gathers information and forwards it to the law enforcement agencies. The lapse, in terms of the time between when the NIS provides information to the law enforcement agencies and the time when the latter act, is what creates a problem. Therefore, I would like to suggest that even when we are in a transition period, during which a serving President is supposed to be leaving office and a President-elect assuming office, we should not subject the appointment of the Director-General of the NIS to the whims of an in-coming President. Let us assume that at that moment, the outgoing President and the in-coming President are not agreeable on certain issues. What should happen? They must be subjected to the parliamentary process of selecting because there is a tribunal which is being suggested in this document. That tribunal must go even to vet the remaining Director-General (DG), so that we do not have somebody coming, removing a DG and appointing a DG who will now work at the whim of certain individuals or personalities. Let us involve the personalities from the operation of the DG and his service. The service of the DG is for the sake of this nation and not for the sake of individuals."
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