Nine security firms have had operating licenses revoked due to accusations of breaching multiple regulations. The Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSRA) published the names of these companies in a notice over non-compliance.
This comes as a seven-day notice to the firms to comply with a directive to increase the guard’s salary to at least KES 30,000 lapses Tuesday, February 6.
Mahamed noted that the nine have been found to have breached the provisions of the aforesaid Act and also violated the terms and conditions attached to their certificates of registration as corporate private security service providers.
The companies have also been found to have failed, declined, and/or refused to comply with minimum wage regulations and breached Section 33 of the Act having engaged private security officers who do not have guard force Numbers as proof of registration by the Authority.
The nine as listed include: Victory Protective Services Africa Limited, Victory Consultants Limited, Bedrock Security Services Limited, Bedrock Security Alarms Systems and Product Limited, Senaca East Africa Limited, Hipora Security Solutions Limited, Salama Fikira International (Kenya) Limited, Marco Security Limited and Superb Marketing Solutions Limited
Mahamed further warned citizens seeking private security services from engaging the cancelled companies, further announcing that the authority shall be conducting periodic reviews of the compliance status of Private Security Companies.
“Take notice: the Authority shall be conducting periodic reviews of the compliance status of Private Security Companies with the provisions of the Act, consequently, the lists of registered private security service providers and those whose registration certificates have been cancelled shall be regularly updated,” he said.
