He was hired “at Unga Limited as a watchman … guarding big stores where wheat and maize flour bags were kept. Fashion-conscious women of the 1980s started getting their hair similarly braided by these watchmen, who they invariably called sopa — a Maa greeting. Homes were zoned into courts, one main gate installed, and day and night guards hired to log entries and exits. PERSONAL SECURITYThe 1990s era of carjackings marked a new high in the threats to the personal security of watchmen. In the 2000s, these new measures stemmed the tide of rogue security guards who were using insider-knowledge to raid banks.

Source: Daily Nation March 28, 2020 14:48 UTC