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    "id": 974302,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to comment on the Statement made by Sen. Nyamunga on the issue of private security guards. When you talk about security guards, I am sure that 80 per cent of security guards in Kenya hail from the western region. It is very important as a representative from Kakamega to say something about what Sen. Nyamunga has raised. I am alive to the fact that most of the private security guards do not have the basic attributes of customer care and basic etiquette to receive clients in the business premises, both in the capital city and in other parts of this country. I think this is contributed by the fact that we have so many security guards who have basic education; most of them are Standard Eight drop outs. Since the Government has introduced the 100 per cent transition policy to secondary school, it is high time that we considered giving a minimum requirement or prerequisite for the security guards to have Form Four certificates. It is sad that we have security guards who do not know how to express themselves in English or Kiswahili. Therefore, it is important that the Private Security Regulatory Authority puts in place regulations that will ensure that we have qualified security guards. In recruitment of security guards, the private sector is supposed to complement the National Police Service. Therefore, it is important for us to have personnel who are qualified and who can complement the National Police Service. One of the reasons that contribute to low standard of personnel recruited in this force is the remuneration. It is important that through the relevant agencies, there is a standard minimum wage for these security guards, because most companies underpay these people. Therefore, getting the quality that we want to recruit in the security firms is becoming hard. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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