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FINANCIAL STANDARD
A security guard checks the temperature of an electoral official (PHOTO: LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP) From today, when asked, don’t say you are a watchman. Say you re a security officer.
These simple words of affirmation came from President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2016 during a State House meeting with over 4,000 private security guards.
The year marked a watershed moment for the crucial lucrative but largely overlooked industry. In May that year, the Private Security Industry Regulation Bill seeking to streamline the sector had come into law.
The guards had also finally got the ear of the Head of State to discuss their welfare after numerous attempts.
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