 A framework for security sector reform (SSR) emerged in 1999 after international development actors observed from examples in South Africa, Indonesia and countries in Eastern Europe that national security and its components were considered crucial in a state recovering from conflict or an authoritarian regime.Reportedly, the increasing number of civil wars led development actors to look at the problem of insecurity from the perspective of good governance.The conclusion was that the security sector should adhere to the same rules of good governance as any other public service to curb conflict and violence.