{"id":4656,"date":"2020-03-21T15:55:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T15:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=4656"},"modified":"2020-03-21T15:56:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T15:56:12","slug":"security-guards-ask-the-government-for-protective-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/security-guards-ask-the-government-for-protective-gear","title":{"rendered":"Security guards ask the government for protective gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Private security guards have asked the government for protective equipment, citing high exposure to risk due to being at the front-lines of the response.<\/p>\n<p>At a press briefing held in Nairobi yesterday, the leaders of various security associations, including the Protective Security Industry Association (PSIA) and the Protective and Safety Association of Kenya (PROSAK), said the security guards are often the first point of contact in most buildings as they screen visitors.This, they said, predisposes them to a greater risk of contracting coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware that many of our security officers lack this equipment, and it could be a threat to the industry,\u201d said Enoch Makanga, the chair of PROSAK. The leaders urged the government to include security officers among the prioritised groups during the distribution of personal protective gear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe request the government to make available to the front-line private security workforce basic healthcare training and for purchase through Kemsa locations across the country N95 masks, gloves, temperature censors and, where necessary, hazmat suits,\u201d said Cosmas Mutava, chairperson of PSIA. They said they were taking their role seriously, despite the danger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1584621281588-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CLmpyYb2q-gCFRUq4AodHEQHRw\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Private security guards have asked the government for protective equipment, citing high exposure to risk due to being at the front-lines of the response. At a press briefing held in Nairobi yesterday, the leaders of various security associations, including the Protective Security Industry Association (PSIA) and the Protective and Safety Association of Kenya (PROSAK), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[2469,2486,2484,2485],"class_list":["post-4656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-coronavirus-fight","tag-private-security-guards","tag-protective-gear","tag-protective-security-industry-association"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Security guards ask the government for protective gear - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Private security guards have asked the government for protective equipment, citing high exposure to risk due to being at the front-lines of the response.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/security-guards-ask-the-government-for-protective-gear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Security guards ask the government for protective gear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Private security guards have asked the government for protective equipment, citing high exposure to risk due to being at the front-lines of the response.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/security-guards-ask-the-government-for-protective-gear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-21T15:55:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-21T15:56:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/ergpoviha4mdid5e750e2415223-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/security-guards-ask-the-government-for-protective-gear#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/security-guards-ask-the-government-for-protective-gear\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Security guards ask the government for protective gear\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-21T15:55:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-21T15:56:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/security-guards-ask-the-government-for-protective-gear\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/security-guards-ask-the-government-for-protective-gear#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/ergpoviha4mdid5e750e2415223-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Coronavirus fight\",\"Private security guards\",\"Protective Gear\",\"Protective Security Industry Association\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/security-guards-ask-the-government-for-protective-gear#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/security-guards-ask-the-government-for-protective-gear\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/security-guards-ask-the-government-for-protective-gear\",\"name\":\"Security guards ask the government for protective gear - 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