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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, police reforms are on course, as you all know. The implementation started way back with the appointment of the Police Reforms Implementation Committee; it has a secretariat and is headed by Mr. Titus Naikuni. In addition to this process, the National Police Service Commission Bill and Police Oversight Authority Bill are also in the process of being drafted for presentation to Parliament. Finally, the Government is not aware that the Commissioner of Police is not qualified to be appointed as an Inspector-General of Police. If you refer to Article 245(1) of the Constitution, it establishes the office of the Inspector-General. Article 245(2)(a) gives the President authority to appoint the Inspector-General, with the approval of this august House. However, the whole process is dependent on the passage of the following Bills: 1. The National Police Service Bill; 2. The National Police Service Commission Bill; and 3. The Police Oversight Authority Bill. This is as envisaged in Article 245(8), which states in part: “Parliament shall enact legislation to give full effect to this Article”. Therefore, the Inspector-General shall be appointed subject to the above provisions of the law; this is also dependent on the establishment of the Constitution Implementation Commission by this Parliament."
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