Inspector General David Kimaiyo will soon have the powers to serve as the chairman of the National Police Service Commission, a position presently held by Johnston Kavuludi.
Further amendments have been proposed to the National Police Service (Amendment) Bill and the National Police Service Commission (Amendment) Bill to hand the chairmanship of the commission to the IG.
The new amendment will see some of those proposed initially—which have been criticised as unconstitutional—dropped. The new amendment seeks to emulate the judicial service model where the Chief Justice is automatically the chairman of the Judicial Service Commission.
This is according to Article 171 (2) (a) of the constitution. Article 250 (2) (a) gives the National Assembly the powers to enact a law prescribing how the chairman of any constitutional commission will be appointed.
“The chairperson and each member of a commission, and the holder of an independent office, shall be identified and recommended for appointment in a manner prescribed by national legislation.”
Under the new proposal, Section 5 (1) (d) of the National Police Service Act will be amended to clear the way for the IG to serve as the chairperson of the commission.
The article presently provides that a person shall be qualified for appointment as chairperson if he or she is not, and has not previously been a member of the National Police Service.
The National Assembly Committee on Administration and National Security which is reviewing the bill has backed the proposed changes saying a clear chain of command of the service is necessary.
The committee, which is chaired by Tiaty MP Asman Kamama, has also backed a proposal that the IG have security on tenure.
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