Min­is­ter of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Khadi­jah Ameen says con­sul­ta­tions are still un­der­way on the Gov­ern­ment’s pro­posed na­tion­al pol­i­cy for gat­ed com­mu­ni­ties, as ef­forts con­tin­ue to for­malise a frame­work aimed at strength­en­ing crime pre­ven­tion mea­sures.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, Ameen con­firmed that an in­ter-min­is­te­r­i­al com­mit­tee re­mains en­gaged in re­view­ing ex­ist­ing laws and con­sult­ing with key stake­hold­ers be­fore fi­nal­is­ing its rec­om­men­da­tions.

“The com­mit­tee is re­spon­si­ble for ex­am­in­ing all the ex­ist­ing laws and by-laws and com­ing up with a pol­i­cy that will be a uni­form pol­i­cy that all mu­nic­i­pal­i­ties, cities, bor­oughs and re­gions can use,” she said.