Striking KK security officers. Photo/capitalfm.co.ke
KK Security guards deployed at the United States Embassy in Nairobi on Thursday demonstrated over poor pay.
According to the guards, their remains poor despite the high cost of living in the country.
The 200 guards who work overnight refused to leave work demanded the firm’s East Africa Managing Director Nick Arnold address their problems.
According to the guards who spoke to Capital FM News, they want a pay increment from their current basic salary of Sh17,000 to Sh38,000.
They claim that the salary has not been reviewed for more than a decade.
They were carrying placards indicating that they would not resume work until their salary was reviewed.