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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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Private security companies have decried the ‘hard’ requirements they have to meet to bid for the Huduma Kenya tender.
Under the umbrella body of the Private Security Industry Association (PSIA), they said the requirements are not attainable and not conducive for them to bid for the tender and offer their services.
According to Tender No. MPSG/HKS/T06/2021 for procurement of contracted guards security services for the Huduma Centers, the Ministry of Public Service and Gender, State Department for Public Service Huduma Kenya Secretariat, the tender, which was advertised on January 19, 2021 and later an addendum forwarded on January 20, requires security companies to mandatorily attach three documents.
Ex-cop Claudius Brown was deported to Jamaica from the United States in 2006 for overstaying his time. Armed with a certificates and diplomas as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees, he has struggled to find meaningful employment to allowing him to move out of the Open Arms Drop-In Centre in Kingston.
Claudius Brown earned his master’s degree the same year he went to live at a homeless shelter in Kingston, but after several failed attempts to secure a permanent job, he has his eyes set on becoming a taxi driver in 2021.
A former member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Brown said he was deported from the United States in 2006 for overstaying.