The government will in a week’s time be seeking views of the public on arming private security guards with guns. Kenya has slightly more than 500,000 private security guards. “This is the time for Kenyans to tell the sector players of what they expect from private security service providers,” he said. The PSRA Act bars the issuance of guns to private guards. He earlier said the government would be in violation of the Act if it allowed private security firms to start giving guns to their guards.

Source: The Star February 27, 2019 21:11 UTC