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    "id": 1438546,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1438546/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "service providers, users, prospective users and representatives of users of private security services to submit to it legal commitments to comply with the set minimum wage for private security guards. In the said notice, the Authority threatened immediate cancellation of certificates of registration and subsequent deregistration of any private security firm that will not comply with the directive by close of business on Monday, 17th June, 2024. Section 70 of the Private Security Regulation Act, 2016 requires the responsible cabinet secretary to make regulations for the proper administration of the same and give effect to the Act, including matters of employment of security guards. By operation of Article 95 of the Constitution, the purported legal notice, not having been laid before Parliament in accordance with Section 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act, 2013, is void. It is against this background that I request for a statement from the Leader of the Majority Party on the following— 1. Could Leader of the Majority Party provide a report on the constitutionality of the Legal Notice No.PSRA/002/2024 that was issued by the Private Security Regulatory Authority on 10th June 2024 on compliance with the minimum wage for private security guards? 2. Outline the steps which will be taken to revoke Legal Notice No.PSRA/002/2024 by the Private Security Regulatory Authority, if found illegally issued, and the measures that have been put in place to ensure adherence with the relevant laws, while exercising the said directive. 3. Provide details on the processes leading to the determination of the minimum wage and clarify whether the process adhered to the due process as contemplated in law. 4. Explain whether the powers and functions of the Private Security Regulatory Authority under Section 9(q) of the Private Security Regulatory Authority Act, 2016, include setting of the minimum wage for security guards without reference to the relevant ministry and the Salaries and Remuneration Commission. 5. Clarify whether the powers vested in the Authority under Section 32 contemplate non-compliance with the minimum wage as a ground for cancellation of certificates of registration and/or deregistration of a private security firm. 6. Explain the reasons for the failure by the Authority to re-submit revised regulations envisaged under the Private Security Regulatory Authority Act, 2016 to Parliament as required under the law, despite various efforts by the Committee on Delegated Legislation. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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