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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise in support of this Bill. I have listened to several of my colleagues speak to this Bill and talk about licencing and provision of guns, but I am not so sure that exists in the Bill that I have. So, whereas that sort of amendment will be made, it is not currently within the provisions of this Bill. This Bill is proper because it gives definitions in terms of what private security and private security services are. The Bill covers the whole corpus of what private security issues are. As my colleagues have said, this Bill should have been in place several years ago, but we should not worry because we have it now. The Bill speaks properly to the establishment of an authority. It is also fair that a fund has been created to finance the Authority, which means there will be less burden on the taxpayers. The private security firms are going to give us money to run the Authority. That is a proper way to do things. The Bill is, however, lacking in terms of the welfare issues of the private security persons. It is also lacking in terms of training and competence of the private security persons. Clause 5 of this Bill speaks to the guiding principles. I am not very sure that the guiding principles enumerated here would be the sort of things that you tell people who do not have sufficient training. So, whereas we put together a very good Bill in terms of content, the capacity and qualifications of the persons we are going to hire as private security guards ought to also be taken into consideration. The same is with Clause 46 of this Bill which speaks to the general powers of a private security service provider, including the power to arrest. When you want to give private security guards power to arrest, they ought to be taken through the kinds of arrests they can do and what they cannot do. This is because there are penal actions when you perform those functions. I am sure those in private security firms are happy to arrest, make sure you also feel their full force and you end up in custody. However, they should be told that there is recourse if they violate fundamental rights and freedoms. Clause 26 of this Bill speaks to the annual renewal of registration by private security firms. That is good practice. We must constantly subject the private security firms to oversight and look at the sort of persons they employ. If you have a private security company whose guards are constantly engaged in crime or unlawful acts, their licences cannot be renewed. So, it is a good thing to subject the private security firms to annual renewal of registration. If at all you find any private security firm in violation then that is the firm you want to strike off. That power is not going to be misused because there is provision within the law to seek redress. One can The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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