Security guards lose bid for Covid-19 State medical allowances Tuesday April 06 2021 A guard stands next to a signage at the entrance of an institution in Nyeri ready to screen guests on August 6, 2020. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG By JOSEPH WANGUI Summary Security guards have lost their bid to get a share of the government's Covid-19 medical emergency allowance fund and other benefits allocated to frontline healthcare workers such as provision of the personal protection equipments (PPEs). Labour Court judge Nzioki wa Makau said though exposed to the coronavirus, they were not entitled to the Covid-19 emergency allowance. Security guards have lost their bid to get a share of the government's Covid-19 medical emergency allowance fund and other benefits allocated to frontline healthcare workers such as provision of the personal protection equipments (PPEs).