By CAROLINE NJUNG'E More by this AuthorOnce upon a time, security guards, then known as watchmen, were only stationed in affluent homes, godowns or factories to deter thieves and robbers. But is this smartly-dressed and professional-looking security guard with a club and a whistle, and whom employers entrust their multimillion-shilling properties with, a match for criminals with blazing guns and bombs? And then Covid-19 came along, again placing Kenya’s security guards on the line of fire. PRIVATE SECURITY“We have been demanding that private security should be professionalised. Mr Kennedy Otieno* is a security guard with one of the security firms in the country.

Source: Daily Nation July 24, 2020 06:00 UTC