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MINISTRY OF SAFETY AND SECURITY VOTE 06 POLICE 2013/2014 MOTIVATION OF VOTE 06 BY HONOURABLE IM!

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Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, I stand here today to present Vote 06 of the Department of Police of the Ministry of Safety and Security.
Before I proceed further, allow me to thank the Honourable Minister of Finance, Comrade Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila and her entire team for a well crafted budget that among others addresses, infrastructural development, is an job creation as well as economic growth of our country.

That achievement on her part which deserves applause from all of us in this August House.
Vote 06 takes root from Article 118 as per the second amendment of the Constitution of the Republic of Namibia, which calls for the establishment of the Namibian Police Force, with its prescribed powers by the Police Act of 1990, (Act 19 of 1990) as amended.
The powers and functions of the Force are the preservation of internal security of Namibia, maintenance of law and order, investigation of any offence or alleged offence, prevention of crime It is satisfying that Namibia has just and protection of life and property.

celebrated her twenty three years of independence last month.

Thus, thanks to the men and women in uniform for having maintained law and order all those years.
Peace and stability we enjoyed since the attainment of our Nationhood on March 21, 1990 is really an indicative that the Namibian Police Force has grown into a Force to reckon with.

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Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, In order to effectively execute its mandate, as enshrined in Article 118 of the Namibian Constitution, the Namibian Police Force has identified five (5) broad budget programmes according to which it plans to attain its stated objectives.
These programmes have been developed along the country's long and medium term development goals; namely Vision 2030 and NDP 4, with a view to ensuring an environment conducive for economic development, internal security and peaceful coexistence for our people.

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Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, Allow me now to spell out in detail the composition of the five programmes which I have referred to as being the core activities during the 2013/2014 financial year.

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Combating of crime Programme government The main purpose of this program is to prevent and reduce the level of crime in the country in order to provide for a safe and conducive environment for economic development, attract investors and guarantee law and order for all people in the country.

Furthermore, under this activity, the Force will be able to engage a number of other stakeholders in the fight against crime that will civil include society and regional and international organisations.
On the same score, the facilitate the participation and cooperation on international, activity will regional and bilateral Police exercises as entered into by the Force with and Southern African International Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO).
It will be still under this program that intelligence on criminal activities are collected, Police Organisation non-governmental organisations, (INTERPOL) institutions, 2 detected and investigations of crime are carried out and at the same time ensuring that accused persons and witnesses are brought to courts.

In a nutshell, Combating of Crime Program forms the main part of the activities of the Department of Police.
An amount of two billion, five hundred and ninety two million, and one hundred and seventy six thousand is required for this programme (2 592 176 OOO).lnaddition, an amount of four hundred and sixty million and one hundred and one thousand Namibia Dollars is set aside for the Development Capitals (460 101 000).

An annexure in this regard is attached.

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VIPs Protection Programme The central purpose of this program is to render protection to national and visiting foreign Very Important Persons (VIPs) and at the same time provides security at their residences and offices.

The programme will also cater for foreign mission and national visits by our national leaders in the country and abroad.
An amount of three hundred and twenty one million, six hundred and sixty five thousand is required for this programme (321 665 000).

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Training and Development Programme This program is aimed at improving Police service delivery by providing through basic training and career development quality education, professional It is always training, advanced, specialised training and staff development.
in service incumbent upon any institution that has a desire to stay upfront delivery to engage continuously in the academic progression of its staff compliment.

Under this programme the Force intends to train six hundred and detectives courses during 2013/2014 in both basic and advance 3 financial years.

The intervention will provide for 50% in every into 1243 trained detectives after the 2015/2016 financial years and will consecutive financial years.
An amount of ninety one million, three hundred and seven is required to achieve the objectives of the programme (91 307 000).

translates 4.

Forensic Services Programme examination, analytical chemistry, explosives This program centres on providing services to multi- disciplinary scientific entities that may require scientific solutions to crime related problems at hand.

It covers a range of genetics complex, scientific skills like human, documents analysis, blood analysis etc.
The National Forensic Science Institute is the custodian of the aforesaid activities and its service is essential in crime analyses, hence it needs adequate resources in order to provide answers among other complex murder and rape cases.

An amount of twenty million, allocated to this programme two hundred and two thousand has been during this financial year (20 202 000).

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Supervision and Support Services Programme It is under this program where the social factors that contribute to members' condition of service, social welfare, public relations, policy formulation, logistical and infrastructural management are catered financial obligations, the is under for.

members are taken care of.

An amount of two hundred and two million and seventy three thousand is required to meet the set objectives of this programme.
(202 salaries and other allowances this programme, 073 000) for It Hon.

Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, 4 Honourable Members, Permit me now to give a brief account of crime prevalence in the country.

Though we have been privileged to enjoy peace and stability and rule of law, there are worrisome trends posed by incidences of murder, theft, robbery, domestic violence, drug trafficking, rape, fraud, cyber crime just to mention a few.
The commission of such crimes do not only bring fear amidst our law abiding citizens but also create an unfavourable situation for investors who may perceive our environment not to be conducive for the investment of their money.

the solution lies with all of us.

My humble appeal goes to church Therefore, leaders, traditional authorities, school principals as well as to you Honourable in curbing the Members of this August House, occurrence society.
Your daily engagement with congregation of your respective denominations, villagers, for creating students awareness for the rule of law and good behaviours amongst your subjects.
law enforcers in our to assist of crimes and commissioning serve as avenues and electorates should always the maintenance of My call should not be construed to be a failure on the part of the Police to the situation, but rather as shared responsibilities among the general arrest public of our country towards law and order and combating of evil deeds in our society.
My concern is mainly on the domestic violence which is carried out within the confines of our houses, because it is only possible for the Police to intervene if members of the public relay the information to them that in a given house/or school there exist a problem of domestic violence.

Therefore, the onus is upon all of us to bring to an end the scourge of senseless killings of mothers, daughters, children and sisters by some men who turned themselves into killing machines.

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Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee; 5 excellent continues to maintain cooperation with It goes without saying that without Honourable Members, its all Namibia the ongoing neighbouring countries.

it would be very difficult mutual assistance, understanding and cooperation, if not impossible to fight crime, especially cross border and transnational organized crime.
The country maintains Joint Permanent Commissions on Defence and Security with Angola, Botswana, South-Africa and Zambia.

All security related threats are openly discussed and joint programmes of actions are designed during these meetings at Ministerial level.

This cooperation with the neighbouring states is further consolidated through Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organs on Security and Defence; hence, Namibia remains a member of SADC Standby Force Brigade.
and economic development In support of the International Community'S efforts in maintaining peace, stability, as a signatory to the United Nations Charter has participated in a number of Peace/Keeping Support Operations, under the auspices of the United Nations and/or African Union, by sending individual Police officers for deployments, since the year 2000. around the globe, Namibia Currently, such as; South Sudan, Liberia, Italy and at United Nations, New York.
the Namibian Police Force has eleven officers serving in places Hon.

Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee, Honourable Members, Although, the Namibian Police Force has succeeded to curb some incidences of crime in the country it did so with inadequate resources allocated to it 6 through the national budget.

Every financial year the full amount of money requested by the Police was never considered, thus made the planned Police operations unattainable.
The last financial year saw the Police diverting money from capital projects to cover 8% salary increments, in essence, the Police are underfunded.

I sincerely wish to urge the Finance Ministry to reconsider prioritizing the Department of Police in budgetary allocation in future.

If one looks at the accommodation of most of Police officers country-wide it is deplorable to say the least.
We have officers squatting in shacks together with people whom they might have arrested/apprehended at a given time for committing various crimes; as a result their (officers) lives are at risk.

I am sure some of you, Honourable Members pondered as to Why, I have to bring this issue before this House, and the point of the matter is that, salaries of Police officers are low.

Thus, leave them with no any alternative but to squat wherever they find a cheaper place to rent/occupy.
Hon.Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee; Honourable Members I sincerely thank both the Office of the Right Honourable Prime of the Republic of Namibia and the Ministry of Finance for sanctioning the implementation of salary adjustments for the lower ranks of the Namibian Police Force members during this financial year.

The move will greatly assist lower categories to cushion the effects of inflation and high costs of living.
In the implementation of the salary adjustments will also serve as a addition, 7 way to minimize staff turnover experiencing over the years.

that the Namibian Police Force has been Therefore, the Namibian Police Force deserves our collective national support.
The unequivocal demonstration of such support by this August House will undoubtedly motivate the entire nation to rally behind the police, which is a prerequisite in our national endeavours to reduce the rising level of crime, allay the fear of crime and maintain peace and stability.

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Deputy Speaker and Chairperson Honourable Members, of the Whole House Committee; The Namibian Police Force has budgeted to recruit at least one thousand (1000) new intakes every year, whilst taking into consideration the balanced restructuring regional and this fmancial year the representation.

However, due to budgetary constraint recruitment has been halted.
of gender the Force context in the of guarantee the sustainability The allocation of sufficient financial and human resources to the Police will therefore, the pillars of our cherished democracy that we are all obliged to jealously guard, defend and protect.

This on the other hand, will enhance the competitiveness of our country in areas of economic development within the context of SADC, African Continent and Globally.
of The total allocation of this Vote is three billion, two hundred and twenty seven million, four hundred and twenty three thousand Namibia Dollars (N$3 227 423.000).
SUMMARY 8 In summary, I am submitting to the August House, allocation for Vote 06 for the following programmes and amounts: to approve the budget Programmes for Vote 06 Amount per Programme Combating of Crime VIP's Protection Training and Development Forensic Science Services Supervision and Support Services Development Capital Total: 2132075000 321665000 91 307000 20202000 202073000 460101000 3227423000 submit I now humbly and Chairperson of the Whole House Committee and to all Honourable Members for your kind consideration and final approval.
to you, Honourable Deputy Speaker this I THANK YOU!
9 1 PROGRESS ON CAPITAL PROJECTS DURING 2012/2013 FINANCIAL YEAR: NAMIBIAN POLICE FORCE REGION PROJECT NAME DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT PROGRESS (%) CAPRIVI Konoola Police Station Katima Mulilo Police station Special Branch facilities Kautonvana Base Kasika Border Post Ngoma Border Post Schuckmannburgh Construction of Police Station, Cells and accommodation Upgradina of roof phase 2 Upgrading of offices and house Construction of 4 x classes with ablution facilitv Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facilitv Construction of prefab of accommodation, ablution facilitv Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facility kitchen and ERONGO Swakoornund Police Station Walvis Bav Police Station Drug Law Enforcement offices Renovate of barracks Upgradina of offices and cells blocks Renovation of barracks Upgrading of offices Karibib Police Renovation of 2 x houses HARDAP Schlip Police Station Kalkrand Police Station Derm Police Station Derm Police Station Aranos Police Station Aranos Police Station Mariental Police Station Deputy Regional Commander Construction of Police Station, Cells & Accommodation Construction of 1 x 20 men sinale auarters Uocradino of Police Station Upgrading of Cells blocks and Barracks Construction of 1 x 15 members barracks Renovation of 1 x house Construction of 1 x 13 members barracks Renovation of Deputy Reqional Commander house KARAS Regional Commander house Renovation of the Reqional Commander house 70% 100% 95% 100% 65% 65% 65% 100% 50% 80% 100% 95% 100% 100% 100% 95% 100% 80% 100% 80% 100% 2 KAVANGO KHOMAS Karasburg Police Station Aroab Police Station Kbes Police Station Construction of cell block and fuel tank installation Installation of Fuel Tanks Installation of Fuel Tanks Divundu Police Station Divundu Check Point Katwitwi Border Post Rundu Police Station Kahenqe Police Station Construction of Police Station, Cells and accommodation Construction 2 x 16 members barracks Prefab accommodation, kitchen and ablution
 facility Upqradino of Police Station Installation of Fuel Tanks Kapps Farm Road Traffic Check Points VIPPD Bravo Base(prefabs) Renovation of Houses Special Reserve Force Base Brakwater (prefabs) Namibian Police Garage Israel Patrick Iyambo Police Colleqe Prefabs Accommodation for SFF installation Sub-division Helicopter Hangar, Windhoek Acquisition of 3ra Helicopter KUNENE Kamanjab Police Station Werda Police Station Opuwo Police Station Khorixas Police Station Epupa Falls Border Post Onungurura Border Post Construction of Road Block 4 x 20 members barracks (2 prefab and 2 conventional) Renovation of 20 x houses at Okuryangava and Khomasdal Construction of 1 x 20 members prefabs accommodation Upgrading of the garage Renovation of accommodation block A Construction of prefabs 30 x members barracks Construction of 2no Hanqar Acquisition of 3'0 Helicopter Construction of Cells blocks Installation of Fuel Tanks Installation of Fuel Tanks Construction of 2 x 20 members barracks Constructions of Doe Kennels Upqrading of Reqional Commander house Uooradinc of Police Station Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facility Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facility 100% 40% 40% 75% 95% 95% 95% 75% 100% 95% 50% 65% 80% 100% 100% 100% 100% 85% 95% 95% 80% 100% 100% 60% 65% 65% 3 Otjimuhaka Border Post Ehomba Police Station Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facility Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facility OHANGWENA Oshikanao Police Station Onamunama Border Post Omundaungilo Border Post Ongenga Police Station OMAHEKE Gobabis Police Station Trans-kalahari Police Station Eiseb Blok Police Station l.eonardvillev Police Station Pius Joseph Kaundu Training Centre OMUSATI Ogongo Police Station Okapalelona Border Post Oshifo Police Station Onandiamba Police Station Onaanda Police Station Construction of Police Station,
 Cells & Accommodation Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facility Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facility Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facility Construction of 1 x 20 members barracks Upgrading of Cell block Construction of 1 x 20 members barracks Construction of Police Station, Cell block and Accommodation Installation of Fuel Tanks Construction of Computer Lab, Construction of staff members barracks (block A and B) and paving of parade qround Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facility Construction Police Station and Accommodation Construction of Police Station and Cell Block Construction of Police Station and Cell Block Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facility Uutsathima Police Station Tsandi Police Station Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facility Construction of prefab accommodation 65% 65% 100% 100% 90% 100% 85% 60% 70% 45% 40% 100% 100% 100% 50% 75% 65% 65% 65% 4 OSHANA Oshakati Police Station Onowediva Police Station Ruben Danger Ashipala Training Centre Ondanqwa Police Station Oshakati Hanoar Upgrading of Cell blocks Upgrading of offices and Pol 7 Renovation kitchen and Canteen Upgrading of Police Station Upgrading of Hangar OSHIKOTO Oshivelo Police Station Tsumeb Upgrading of Cell Block Construction of barracks Renovation of station Commander house Construction of 2 x houses Renovation of RCIC house OTJOZONDJUPA Otiituuo Police Station Construction of Police Station, Cells & Accommodation Coblenz Police Station Okamatapati Police Station Okakarara Police Station Ndove Border Post Otiiwaronqo Police Station Grootfontein Kalkfeld Police Station Construction of Police Station Construction of Cell Block, Barracks and 2 houses Construction of Police Station, Cells Block and 1 x 15 members barracks
 Construction of 1 x barracks and unit commander house Upgrading of Police Station Construction of prefab of charge office, accommodation, kitchen and ablution facilitv Convert Mortuarv to CID offices Convert Old Hospital to Barracks phase 2 Uporadino of Cell Blocks 60% 45% 100% 45% 45% 75% 100% 100% 65% 100% 85% 100% 55% 100% 75% 95% 95% 100% 75% 45%