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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speakeer. I rise to oppose this Bill and I will be very simple. The essence of creating the National Police Service Commission (Amendment) Bill and the National Police Service (Amendment) Bill was basically to separate two functions; the function of operation and that of human resource. What this Bill is doing is definitely reversing that. If you look at Section 246(3), it is very clear there is the issue of recruitment that is given to the Commission. There is no duplication in the National Police Service (Amendment) Bill because there they are just talking about delegated power. If you look at the original Act, it gives the Inspector General some authority to recruit below a certain level. So, the statement by others that the old Act creates a situation where the Inspector General has no authority on recruitment is not true. It is only at the higher level. In fact, the commission can delegate the powers of recruitment to the Inspector General. The areas they are seeking to correct are also ambiguous because it says: “On the recommendation of the Inspector General---” That is regarding recruitment by the Commission and also introducing the Cabinet Secretary. But it is also interesting because the Inspector General himself is in the commission. He will be sitting with the Chair and the Chair has to get recommendations from him to do certain things. How will that operate? So, what I am seeing is that we are going to create a much bigger problem, if we pass this Bill as it is. This is because you will have two officers sitting in the commission, but the one who is a member has more authority than the one who is chairing. So, in my mind, unless that is sorted out, we will continue with the confusion that we have now, that I believe is the root cause of most the problems we have."
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