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    "id": 563182,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abongotum",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 165,
        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
        "slug": "asman-kamama"
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    "content": "manner. Part IV provides for the registration of corporate private security services. We are talking of these big private security firms like Securex, Wells Fargo, KK and the rest. Clause 30 says the authority must have powers to grant or deny licences to those who meet or do not meet the specific requirements as provided for by the law. Clause 35 talks about the duties of a licenced private security service provider. Those officers will have to be trained and given uniforms. Their duties are spelt out in this Bill. Part V talks about keeping of a specific register and fingerprints of each and every applicant. At the moment, we do not have such a register. That is why there is a lot of impersonation. There are many private security guards who do not operate in a professional way. I read in today’s paper of a case where a security guard is suspecting of conniving with and facilitating male students from a certain school with female uniforms of a neighbouring girls’ school. The male students use those uniforms to conceal themselves and commit nefarious acts. We do not want a situation where a private security guard can conspire to commit crimes. The Bill provides for co-operation between the National Police Service and the authority. It also spells out the powers of the CS because the private security service providers will be strictly under the Ministry. Though they will operate independently, they will have to be guided by the CS and the Inspector-General of Police (I-GP). We must look at the powers of private security service providers. Those officers, when they see a recognisable offence, they will have powers to arrest, search, record details and temporarily withhold identification documents of a certain person before they can hand the suspect over to a police officer. He or she can then be taken to a police station and dealt with in accordance with the law. The Bill also provides for a code of conduct and a private security fund levy that will run the authority. Lastly, there is going to be no confusion. Once the Bill is enacted, it is provided that the private security guards will not use police, army, navy or any other uniform similar to the ones being used by the disciplined forces. Even the vehicles they will use will be branded in accordance with regulations. They will not have vehicles that resemble the ones that are being used by our disciplined forces. Generally, this is a good Bill. I want to convince Members to support it so that we can run our private security services in a professional manner that is really in tune with the law."
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