LETTERS: Cost of private security services to rise

Private security services, especially guarding, have been available at almost dirt cheap. But not for long anymore as industry regulations gazetted on July 5 by Interior Secretary Fred Matiang’i now seek to enforce the payment of the statutory minimum wage among other regulatory compliance requirements.

It would surprise many to learn that guards who work at some big and quite profitable companies as well as for government earn well below the minimum wage at as low as Sh8,300 against the Sh 27,993 statutory rate for a 12-hour, six days a week shift.