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"content": "“There is established the office of the Inspector-General of the National Police Service. (2) The Inspector-General— ( a ) is appointed by the President with the approval of Parliament; ( b ) shall exercise independent command over the National Police Service, and perform any other functions prescribed by national legislation.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, after receiving the name of the nominee for the position of the Inspector-General (IG) on 17th February, 2015, the Speakers of both Houses directed that the vetting of the nominee for appointment to the position of the IG of Police shall be conducted jointly by both Houses and, in particular, the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security of the National Assembly and the Standing Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations of the Senate. In exercise of its mandate, the Joint Committee held five meetings; that is, two pre-vetting meetings to prepare for the vetting exercise on 18th and 25th February, 2015; we carried out the vetting exercise on Thursday, 26th February, 2015, and two meetings to prepare the Report on the vetting exercise and adoption of the Report on Monday, 2nd and Tuesday, 3rd March, 2015, respectively. The Joint Committee complied with the Constitution and legal requirements and established procedures for vetting. It ensured public participation and openness in carrying out the procedures. Notifications inviting the public to submit memorandum were placed in the mainstream print media on the 18th of February, 2015, in tandem with the law. On 25th February, 2015, the Committee considered two memoranda, one of which was recommending the appointment of the nominee and the other one was contesting his appointment. The Joint Committee conducted the vetting exercise on 26th February, 2015. In doing so, it relied on the provisions of the Constitution, the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, No.33 of 2011, the Standing Orders of the respective Houses and the National Police Service Act, 2012. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee made several observations during the vetting exercise, key among them being the fact that:- (a) Article 245(2)(a) of the Constitution read together with Section 12(1) and 12(2) of the National Police Service (NPS) Act, 2011, as amended by the National Police Service (Amendment) Act, 2014, and the Security Laws (Amendment) Act, 2014, gave the President discretion in the exercise of nomination for appointment of a candidate to the post of the IG of the NPS. (b) There was no evidence to suggest that the President did not take into consideration any observation, the provisions of Articles 232(g) and (h) and (1) of the Constitution providing for fair competition and merit as the basis for appointment in public service in exercising his powers of discretion before nominating the candidate to the position of IG of the NPS. (c) The Statute Law Miscellaneous (Amendment) Act, 2014, made amendments to the University Act in November, 2014, and provided for the following new sub-section as a function of the Commission of University Education (CUE):- “Promote, advance, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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