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    "content": "Constitution, the Director-General may issue and maintain a code of conduct, ethics, leadership and integrity for the members of the Service which may provide for – (a) professional conduct; (b) political neutrality; (c) conflict of interest; (d) conduct of private affairs; (e) dealings with foreigners; and (d) submission of declarations.” Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is very important. I think we really need to have in mind the kind of people we are looking for. I know one of the hon. Members who contributed earlier talked about issues to do with ethnicity and tribalism. The issue of corruption in appointment and performance of duties I think is something that is very critical when you are looking at this. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the people who are appointed here must be people who are patriotic enough with the information they collect and give. It should not be either diluted or compromised in a way. The information gathered must be properly used for the intended purpose and not for anything else. Those must be people who are above board. They must be people who are neutral. I think in those institutions, once those people are put in place, the issue of motivation and how they do their job must be taken care of. That way, they will not look at other places when they are carrying out their jobs. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the aspects of being truthful, honest and other personal attributes are going to be very important in the kind of people that we will employ in that institution. There must be selflessness in the people who are going to do that. We have had intelligence officers in this country, but we still have a lot of crime that goes on. Sometimes, we wonder whether they know about those crimes and then they hide the information or whether giving information to the top is a bit of a problem. So, I think there must be a mechanism - through this motivation - where all this information can come up. I know of a situation whereby a young person who had gone to a bar was beaten and left for dead. He ended up dying. Up to now, nobody has been able to know what happened and yet, he was with some other people. So, we must have people who, once they get information, they are able to pass it over. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, somebody talked about anonymous calls. I just imagine when the hon. Member was talking, why it now cannot be necessary that once somebody is making a phone call, apart from the number coming alone, the names of the people holding those numbers must be registered. So, if somebody is calling, it should show the identity of that person, both the number and the name of the person. We need the institution to be very credible and so, we have to look at the attributes of the people that we are going to employ in that institution. I think this is something that cannot be done right away. That is why I am saying that the vetting institutions, whether it is the National Assembly, the Senate or the appointing authorities, must take into account all these factors before they bring us the people who will be appointed and finally approved by Parliament. So, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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