President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday morning signed the Private Security Industry Regulation Bill into law.
The law is set to provide a framework for cooperation between private security companies and the national security organs.
The law calls for the registration of all security firms, training of its personnel and proper remuneration for all private security guards. It will also provide for guidelines for foreign ownership and control of business operating as a security service provider. In addition, the law will also provide for the establishment of the Private Security Regulatory Authority.
The authority, which shall have its headquarters in Nairobi, shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and will ensure reasonable access of its services in all parts of the republic so far as it is appropriate to do so, having regard to the nature of the service.
The authority will set standards, create an enforcing mechanism, improve personnel welfare and offer redress from unscrupulous players.
The authority shall be governed by a board consisting of a chairperson appointed by President Kenyatta.
Present during the signing were the speaker of the National Assembly, Justin Muturi, attorney general, Githu Muigai, Majority Leader in Parliament, Aden Duale and clerk to the National Assembly Justin Bundi.