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    "id": 936933,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd.) Bashir S. Abdullaih",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13417,
        "legal_name": "Bashir Sheikh Abdullah",
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    "content": " Thank you. The other point is the timeline. The security firms were given six months to comply. As I was saying, we have drawn examples from countries which are more developed. The United Kingdom had similar regulations but they gave stakeholders five years to comply. In these regulations the Authority says it is six months within which companies should comply. It is too short looking at the ramification of the regulations. So, I support and agree with the Committee in annulling the regulations. I have gone through the Report and I do not want to go into each and every specific aspect. The Mover and the Seconder have spoken about them. The regulations would have had effects on the economy. There is a provision which says the minimum wage for security guards be Kshs35,000 per month. Even when police officers come from training, that is not the much they are paid. So, this is even inconsistent with the licensed and gazetted police officers. Two, if you say you pay Kshs35,000 to a private guard, how much will the security firm charge you as a client? That means the minimum they will charge is Kshs50,000. As we know, no Government institution or parastatal accepts highest bidders. They always get the lowest bidder in tendering. As we speak, no Government institution or parastatal is being charged by a security firm more than Kshs30,000. So, if you are being charged Kshs30,000 per month and you expect the security guard to be paid Kshs34,000, is that going to work? It is not going to work. That means if you want to force the companies to do the same, where is the money coming from for the Government institutions to pay the security firms? So, these are not provisions which are in tandem with the reality of the day-to-day affairs of the economy. I do not want to take a lot of time. I thank the Committee for doing a great job in bringing this Report so that this House agrees with them and annuls the regulations. Thank you."
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