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: 2-0/0001 Private Bag 13281 WfNDHOEK NAMIBIA 25 April 2019 BUDGET SPEECH 2019/2020 BY THE MINISTER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, HONOURABLE CHARLES DNP NAMOLOH, MP: VOTE 06 - OF THE MINISTRY OF SAFETY AND SECURITY Hon Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, I stand here today to present Vote 06 of the Ministry of Safety and Security.
Allow me to thank the Honourable Minister of Finance, Comrade Calle Schlettwein and his team for preparing and presenting the national budget for the Financial Year 2019/2020 under this difficult time.
Hon Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, In order to effectively execute the Ministry'S mandate, its budget programmes are aligned to the country's long and medium term development goals which are; Vision 2030, NDP 5, Harambee Prosperity Plan and the Ruling Party SWAPO Manifesto, with a view to ensuring an environment conducive to All official correspondence IIIlIst be addressed to the Permanent Secretary economic development, peaceful coexistence for all the country's inhabitants.
internal security, safe custody of offenders and Hon Deputy Speaker and Chairperson Honourable Members, of the Whole House Committee, Allow me now to spell out in detail the composition of the programmes which will be the core activities during the Financial Year 2019/2020.

1.

Combating of crime Programme The main purpose of this programme is to combat crime in the country for a safe environment, conducive for economic and social development.
this enhance programme will cooperation with and civic organisations, business entities, other Furthermore, institutions, stakeholders in the fight against crime, that include government non-governmental regional and international organisations, as well as neighbouring and other countries of the world.
On the same score, the programme also facilitates and enhances our commitment regional and bilateral policing continental, through the International Criminal Police Organisation (ICPO- obligations, INTERPOL), African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRlPOL), the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO) and the Joint Permanent Commissions on Defence and Security with our neighbouring countries.
to international, It is under this programme that crime prevention operations are carried out, intelligence on criminal activities is collected to detect crime and carry out investigations, and at the same time, ensure that accused persons and witnesses are brought to courts for justice to take its course.

An amount of three billion, seven hundred and fifty-three million, hundred programme two and fifty five thousand Namibian Dollars is allocated for this (N$3, 753, 255, 000).
2 Out of the above mentioned figures, an amount of four hundred and eighty- five million, thousand Namibia Dollar (N$485,574,OOO)is set aside for Capital Development.

five hundred and seventy-four 2.

Training and Development Programme This programmes aims at maintaining an innovative, learning organization that promotes and disseminates good practices through training and development of staff as well as the implementation of good training standards.
seven hundred and ninety-four An amount of eighty-four million, thousand Namibian Dollars (N$ 84,794,000) is allocated to this programme.

3.

VIPs Protection Programme The main purpose of this programme is to render protection to national and visiting of Very Important Persons (VIPs) and, at the same time, provide security at places of their interests, including security provided at diplomatic missions in Namibia, at their offices and residences.
An amount offive hundred and twenty-nine million, five hundred and nine thousand Namibian Dollars (N$S29,S09,000) is allocated to this programme.

I should indicate here that out of the amount mentioned above, one hundred million Namibian Dollars recruitment of seven hundred and ten (710) new members of the Force.

(N$100,000,000) is for 3 4.


Information and Communication Technology The central aim of this programme is to maintain and enhance all LCl' systems within the Ministry and it includes the integration of security system at some of the correctional facilities to ensure that escapes and other untoward incidents are curtailed.

The programme also encompasses the enhancement of the electronic Offender Management System (OMS).
The Offender Management the offender System is an online administrative facilitating monitoring, forecasting and decision making process as well as providing effective and reliable authentication mechanism for identifying offenders to minimize any impersonations.

application activities, while and operational to manage integrated An amount of sixty-four million and fourteen thousand Namibia Dollar (N$64,014,OOO)is allocated to this programme.

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Forensic Services Programme This programme provides documentation, examination, analytical chemistry, explosive to solve crime-related problems.

chemistry, genetic and blood analysis An amount of three hundred and twenty-eight thousand Namibian Dollars (N$25,328,OOO)has been allocated to this programme during this financial year 2019/2020.

twenty-five million, 6.


Safe Custody Programme sets out This programme the framework for delivering safer custody procedures and practices to ensure that correctional facilities are safe places for all those who live, work and visit there mainly through the implementation of the Nelson Mandela Rules.
This comprises of identifying, managing and supporting offenders who are at risk of harm, preventing incidents of deaths, violence in custody as well as investigating incidents in order to promote learning to prevent future occurrences.

4 An amount of eight hundred and one million, two hundred and twenty-five thousand this programme.

(N$801,225,OOO) is Namibian required dollars for 7.
Rehabilitation and Reintegration Programme The programme have come to be embraced as a vital component of a comprehensive and holistic crime-fighting strategy.

Upon release from incarceration, ex-offenders are faced with a myriad of challenges that weaken the possibility of reform and predispose ex-offenders to recidivism.

This programme therefore entails all services offered to support offenders in the pre- and post-release phase to ensure that they become law-abiding citizens.
Ten million, eight hundred and thirty four thousand Namibian dollars (N$10,834,OOO)is required for this programme.

8.

Coordination and Support Services Programme This programme encompasses all administrative and coordinative services to support the Ministry.

Two hundred and eight one million, nine hundred and eight two thousand Namibian dollars (N$281,982,OOO)is required for this programme.
Hon Deputy Speaker and Chairperson Honourable Members, of the Whole House Committee; Permit me to give a brief account of crime prevalence in the country, as well as efforts and plans in place to combat it.
Though we have been privileged to enjoy peace and stability, the commission of crimes such as murder, robbery, domestic violence, drug trafficking, smuggling of contrabands and other trans- national crimes, rape, theft, fraud and cybercrime just to mention a few, still the concept remains a serious concern.

However, as reported last year, 5 document on National finalised and the consultations with identified stakeholders are ongoing.
Integrated Crime Combating Strategy (NICCS) IS Sixteen (16) national simultaneous crime prevention operations have been successfully carried out with members deployed on a rotational basis to carry out anti-poaching operations in Etosha and Bwabwata National Parks and Palmwag Conservancy.

However, such operations were met with various challenges, such as a lack of sufficient manpower and funding.
During FY 2018/2019, one hundred thousand, three hundred and fifty-six (100,356) criminal cases were reported, for which thirty-seven thousand, five hundred and twenty-six (37,526) suspects were arrested.

A total of thirty- seven thousand, two hundred (37,200) cases were finalized, representing a 360/0 clearance rate, contrary to the 45% targeted clearance rate.

The low clearance rate is largely attributed to shortage of investigators, funds for daily subsistence allowance (DSA) and training.
I would like to highlight Furthermore, that during the same financial year, various intelligence-led operations resulted in the seizure of illicit drugs, such as cocaine, mandrax, and cannabis, with a combined value of four hundred and fifty-four million Namibia Dollars (N$454m).

Additionally, 443 suspects were arrested for wildlife crimes during the same period and the following wildlife products were confiscated: 152 elephant tusks, 93 pangolins and 8 rhino horns.
Seventy -one (71) unlicensed firearms used in the commission of these wildlife crimes were also seized.

I should further indicate that assets worth forty-one million Namibian Dollars in line with the (N$41 m) were recovered through investigative efforts, provisions of the Prevention of Organized Crime Act (POCA), 2004 (Act No 29 of 2004).

These assets were forfeited to the State for being proceeds or instrumentalities of crime.
For FY 2019/2020, joint cross-border operations with neighbouring Angola, Botswana, South Africa and Zambia, the Ministry planned to conduct 6 and re-deploy members for the anti-poaching operations, namely Operations Yesa Ongava in Etosha National Park, the Elephant Tusk Operation at the Bwabwata National Park in Kavango East and Zambezi Regions, and the Preserve our Rhinos Operation at Palmwag Concession, as well as to increase the number of simultaneous national anti-crime operations.
However, due to the insufficient budget allocation, it will be unavoidable for the Ministry to scale down some of these operations.

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Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, On road safety matters, although a considerable reduction in serious and fatal accidents during the preceding financial year was observed, accidents on our national roads continue to be a serious concern.
The Ministry plans to acquire modem traffic law enforcement operational equipment to intensify traffic law enforcement activities.

These efforts will also be supplemented by the national Joint Law enforcement on the Bland B2 roads and the Trans Kalahari Corridor Operations with neighbouring countries.
Hon Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, On the commitments to international, regional and bilateral cooperation, I am pleased to inform that Namibia continues to maintain excellent cooperation with other countries and organisations.

However, our continuous participation will seriously be undermined by the lack of financial resources.
These are platforms where and trans-national organised crimes are discussed; hence the non-participation will have a negative effect on crime combating efforts and maintenance of global peace cross-border to combat initiatives 7 and Zambia and security.

The Ministry has signed Agreement on the Transfer of Convicted from these Offenders with Angola neighbouring countries to serve their sentences in their countries of origin and for Namibians to serve theirs at home.
This does not only enhance the chances of their rehabilitation, but also promotes healthy family ties which are important upon release from incarceration.

to allow offenders staff in order to roll-out I would like to inform this house that the Ministry has managed to recruit a the Offender Risk Management number of Correctional Strategy to four other Correctional Facilities.

This will help the Ministry to reach a bigger pool of high risk offenders to participate in cognitive based structured programmes.
The Ministry has also trained a number of staff in the Gender Responsive Programmes with the assistance of Canadian Correctional Service to impart skills in dealing with female offenders particularly as we envisage to open the Female Correctional Centre here in Windhoek very soon.

With the assistance of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, a number of staff were trained in the Nelson Mandela Rules with the aim to improve compliance to the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of offenders.
At this juncture, let me register gratitude to my Deputy Minister, the Inspector General, the Commissioner General and the entire uniformed members who works around the clock and accomplishing so much, under difficult conditions with less resources.

I also want to acknowledge the hard work of the Executive Director and all staff members for excellent coordination and allocation of the scare resources of the Ministry of Safety and Security.
8 In conclusion, I am submitting to this August House, an overview of the current budget allocation for Vote 06 as follow: Programmes for Vote 06 Amount per Programme and Communication Combating of Crime Training and Development VIP's Protection Information Technology Forensic Science Services Safety Custody Rehabilitation and Re-integration Co-ordination and Support services Total: 3753255 000 84794000 529509000 64 104000 25 328000 801 225 000 10 834 000 281 982000 5550941 000 The table above gives a total offive billion, five hundred and fifty million, nine hundred and forty one thousand Namibian Dollars budget allocated to the Ministry of Safety and Security for 2019/2020 Financial year.
I humbly submit this to you, Hon Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee for your considerati on.

and to all Honourable Members I THANK YOU!

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