YOUR MAJESTY THE INDLOVUKAZI,
EMAKHOSIKATI,
YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESSES,
PRIME MINISTER,
ROYAL COUNCILORS,
CHIEFS,
CHIEF JUSTICE,
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER,
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE EQUATORIAL GUINEA – NATIONAL
SECURITY MINISTER MR NICOLAS OBAMA NCHAMA,
CABINET MINISTERS,
EXCELLENCIES, MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS,
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE MANZINI REGION,
NATIONAL COMMISSIONER AND ALL RANKS OF THE ROYAL ESWATINI POLICE SERVICE
VISITING POLICE CHIEFS AND OFFICERS FROM THE SADC REGION,
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS,
LADIES& GENTLEMEN
SIYANIVUSELA NONKHE BEKUNENE LAPHA E POLICE ACADEMY
ONCE AGAIN, IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AT MATSAPHA POLICE ACADEMY TODAY TO COMMEMORATE YET ANOTHER EDITION OF THE POLICE DAY AS WELL AS TO OFFICIATE AT THE 2018 PASSING OUT PARADE OF 597 ROYAL ESWATINI POLICE SERVICE TRAINEES. WE WARMLY WELCOME ALL OUR VISITORS WHO ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION WITH EMASWATI.
THE NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE EQUATORIAL GUINEA IS HERE TO WITNESS THE PASSING OUT OF A CONTINGENT OF 30 CADETS. WE ALSO WISH TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO THE VISITING CHIEFS OF POLICE AND THEIR DELEGATIONS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN THE SADC REGION.
POLICE DAY
THE POLICE DAY AFFORDS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNISE AND APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT ROLE THE POLICE PLAY IN SAFEGUARDING THE NATION’S SAFETY AND SECURITY. THIS YEAR’S POLICE DAY, WHICH IS THE 17THEDITION, IS COMMEMORATED WHEN THE NATION IS CELEBRATING A 50/50 HISTORIC MILESTONE OF THE NATION’S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE.
CORNERSTONE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
THE ROLE OF THE POLICE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE COUNTRY. THESE TENETS ARE THE CORNERSTONE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS THEY ENSURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS CONDUCIVE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMMES THAT STIMULATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC GROWTH.
KEY POLICING PROGRAMMES AND INITIATIVES
OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE NOTED A WIDE RANGE OF POLICING PROGRAMMES AND INITIATIVES INTRODUCED TOPROVIDE QUALITY SERVICES TO ESWATINI CITIZENS. WE COMMEND THE VARIOUS OUTREACH CRIME PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE HELD AT IMIPHAKATSI AND TINKHUNDLA CENTRES HAVE ENTRENCHED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE POLICE, BOBABE TIKHULU AND COMMUNITIES, WHICH HAS LED TO THE REDUCTION OF CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
FIGHTING CRIME IS A COLLECTIVE UNDERTAKING THAT REQUIRES FULL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF THE ESWATINI NATION. “BUCALA YINDZABA YETFU SONKHE”.
INNOVATION IN POLICE TRAINING
CRIME HAS EVOLVED AS IT IS NOW DRIVEN MOSTLY THROUGH THE USE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN THE CYBER SPACE.WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE REGULAR TRAINING INTERVENTIONS TO UPSKILL POLICE OFFICERS TO COUNTER THE CYBERCRIME PHENOMENON AND OTHER CONTEMPORARY CRIMES.CONTINUOUS TRAININGIS NECESSARY BECAUSE AS POLICE OFFICERS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE AHEAD OF CRIME TRENDS AND NOT LAG BEHIND.
SUCCESS OF MAJOR NATIONAL EVENTS
WE COMMEND THE EXCELLENT WORK DONE BY THE POLICE, WORKING ALONGSIDE THE OTHER SECURITY FORCES, IN ENSURING THAT IMIKHOSI AND THE 50/50 NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS WERE A SUCCESS. YOU PROVIDED SECURITY THAT WAS OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD. WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE POLICE DURING REGISTRATION FOR ELECTIONS AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE WITH YOUR GOOD WORK AS WE MOVE TO THE OTHER STAGES OF THE ELECTION PROCESS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO RECRUITS
THIS DAY MARKS THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF BASIC TRAINING FOR THE RECRUITS AND WE ARE GATHERED HERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND RELATIVES TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR MAKING IT THROUGH TO GRADUATION. YOU HAVE ENDURED MANY CHALLENGES WHILST TRAINING, GIVEN THAT POLICE TRAINING IS VERY EXERTING AS IT AIMS TO INSTIL THE DISCIPLINE AND THE RIGHT ATTITUDE FOR ONE TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE NATION. AS YOU GO OUT TO VARIOUS STATIONS, REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE STILL NOVICES IN THE PRACTICALITIES AND REALITIES OF OPERATIONAL POLICING. YOU WILL NEED TO RELY ON THE MENTORSHIP AND COACHING OF YOUR MORE EXPERIENCED COLLEAGUES.
24/7 IS THE NATURE OF POLICE WORK
BEING NEW IN THE FIELD OF POLICING, IT IS NECESSARY TO BE AWARE THAT POLICE WORK REQUIRES TOTAL COMMITMENT AND TIME. YOU ARE ON DUTY ON A 24/7 BASIS, WHETHER IN OR OUT OF UNIFORM. WE THUS EXPECT YOU TO PUT THE SERVICE OF THE NATION AHEAD OFYOUR PERSONAL INTERESTS AND PURSUITS.
OATH OF OFFICE
YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN AN OATH OF OFFICE TO BE LOYAL AND TO SERVE THE NATION WITH THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF INTEGRITY AND HONESTY. THIS OATH SHOULD ALWAYS REMAIN EMBEDDED IN YOUR MINDS AS YOU GO ABOUT DISCHARGING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES SO THAT, WHENEVER CONFRONTED WITH SITUATIONS THAT COULD LEAD YOU ASTRAY, IT WOULD RESONATE AND ENSURE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR CONDUCT IN CHECK.AS POLICE OFFICERS BEAR IN MIND THAT YOUR BEHAVIOUR IS EXPECTED TO BE EXEMPLARY AT ALL TIMES, AS THE PUBLIC LOOKS UP TO THE POLICE TO BE THE MIRRORS OF WHAT IS MORALLY AND SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE IN SOCIETY.
GOOD BEHAVIOUR OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA CADETS
WE APPLAUD HE GOOD BEHAVIOUR EXHIBITED BY THE CADETS FROM EQUATORIA GUINEA THROUGHOUT THEIR STAY HERE IN THE KINGDOM OF ESWATINI. DURING THEIR STAY THEY FULLY PARTICIPATED IN OUR CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. WE DO TRUST THEY HAVE LEARNT A LOT ABOUT THE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF EMASWATI ANDWILL BE AMBASSADORS OF OUR COUNTRY BACK HOME. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CADETS PUTTING INTO USE THE HIGH QUALITY LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING THEY HAVE RECEIVED HERE.
COMMEND INSTRUCTORS
IT IS APPOSITE THAT AS WE CONGRATULATE THE GRADUATING RECRUITS AND CADETS, WE COMMEND THE INSTRUCTORS FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK THEY HAVE DONE. FROM THE BEARING AND TURNOUT OF THE CONTINGENCIES ON PARADE, AS WELL AS THE CREATIVITY, VERVE, FLAIR IN THE DRILL MOVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED TODAY, IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE INSTRUCTORS WERE COMMITTED TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
E8M GREEN PASTURES BUILDING - MANZINI
AT TODAY’S OCCASION WE ARE ALSO PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THE POLICE SERVICE, THROUGH THEIR SAVINGS AND CREDIT COOPERATIVE SOCIETY KNOWN AS GREEN PASTURES, HAVE BUILT A NEW STATE OF THE ART BUILDING IN MANZINI THAT WILL SERVE AS THE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY’S OFFICES IN CONDUCTING BUSINESS. WE APPLAUD THE FACT THAT POLICE OFFICERS ALSO EMBRACE THE CULTURE OF SAVING MONEY FOR SELF-DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES AND FOR MEETING THEIR SOCIAL NEEDS. IT IS PLEASING TO NOTE THAT THE COOPERATIVE HAS 163 MILLION EMALANGENI, IN PHYSICAL ASSETS AND CASH WHICH IS ALL INVESTED WITHIN THE ECONOMY OF ESWATINI. THIS IS COMMENDABLE INDEED.
MAY WE FURTHER APPLAUD THE FACT THAT THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY, THE POLICE FROM TIME TO TIME LEND A HAND TO THOSE IN NEED, BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO CHARITY ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS PHILANI MASWATI AND CHESHIRE HOMES.
COMMISSIONING OF FACILITYIT IS NOW MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE NEW BUILDING STRUCTURE HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY COMMISSIONED UNDER MY HAND AND IS HEREBY BEING CHRISTENED AND GIVEN THE NAME EMADLELO LALUHLATA HOUSE.
NEW POSITIONS
ON ANOTHER NOTE, IN RECOGNITION OF THE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY IN THE POLICE SERVICE, NEW PROMOTIONAL POSTS HAVE BEEN CREATED. THERE WILL BE SIX (6) NEW POSITIONS TO STRENGTHEN SUPERVISORYMECHANISMS AT STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL LEVELS IN THE POLICE SERVICE.
THE POSITIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
ONE POSITION FOR SENIOR DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER (S/DNCP), AT THE STRATEGIC COMMAND LEVEL. FIVE (5) POSITIONS FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER (DNCP) AT TACTICAL LEVEL
THE NEW POSITIONS WILL BE FILLED THROUGH ELEVATION AS FOLLOWS:-
SENIOR DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONER
- 1. SIBANGANI MNGOMEZULU
DEPUTY NATIONAL COMMISSIONERS
1. VUSI MASUKU
2. NGWANE DLAMINI
3. PATRICK MABUZA
4. MANDLA MDLULI
5. VUSI MASANGO
6. DUMSANI TSABEDZE
WE HOPE THE ELEVATED INDIVIDUALS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE ONGOING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE POLICE ORGANISATION. BEING PROMOTED IS A CHALLENGE TO WORK AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND WITH EVEN MORE COMMITMENT THAN EVER BEFORE.
DECLARATION
IT IS NOW MY SINGULAR HONOUR TO PRONOUNCE THAT FROM TODAY, THE RECRUITS BEFORE US HAVE BEEN BLESSED AND COMMISSIONED UNDER MY HAND AND THEY ARE NOW FULLY POLICE OFFICERS –CONGRATULATIONS.
CONCLUSION
WE HAVE ENJOYED ALL THE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES WE HAVE WITNESSED THAT HIGHLIGHT THE HIGH STANDARD OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE POLICE SERVICE. MAY WE EXTEND APPRECIATION FOR THE VARIOUS GIFTS EXTENDED TO US AND THE PREPARATIONS THAT WERE DONE FOR THE SUCCESS OF TODAY’S OCCASION.
THANK YOU, MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS US ALL.
Thank you.