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    "id": 563309,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaita",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sammy Sila Komen Mwaita",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute. First, I support the Bill. I wish to join my colleagues who have contributed earlier on and said that this Bill should have been enacted 20 years ago. This is because the sector is employing many Kenyans. Currently, as it is, there are two associations which are loosely controlling the industry; that is the foreign-owned industry players’ association which is Kenya Security Industry Association (KSIA) and the locally-owned companies’ association called Private Security Industry Association. The two are miles apart like the north and south poles. The discrimination against the locally-owned companies is too much. This Bill, when enacted, will go a long way to strengthen Kenyans, particularly those in this industry. It will also enhance the level of training, particularly for guards who are being employed. There is a clause in this Bill which talks about registering all private security companies. Currently, there are over 2,000 companies registered loosely through the Registrar of Companies and cleared by the National Intelligence Service (NIS). There is nothing else. Whether they employ guards who later on collude with criminals to steal is nobody’s concern. Such guards would just move from one company to another. I am happy that the Bill provides for registration of all private security companies in the country. I would wish in the Committee of the whole House stage to come up with a proposal, which the Committee can take up, for registering guards who have worked in a number of companies. You can put a cut-off line and say that all those who have worked in the private security industry for 10 years be registered so that their track record is followed. This is because most of them end up colluding with criminals. Lastly, standards have not been stated clearly. You can find a Class Six or Seven drop- out getting a rungu, saluting and marching being given a job to guard a very critical facility like a university. For example, most of the guards at the Garissa University College were just ordinary people. So, this Authority should develop a specific curriculum on what these guards should be taught before they are deployed. That should be developed and properly regulated by this Authority. 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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