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Many earn below Government's recommended Sh14,421

Security Guards match on during Labour Day celebrations at Uhuru Park (PHOTO MOSES OMUSULA)

“It is the human being that counts; I call upon gold, it answers not; I call upon cloth, it answer not; it is the human being that counts,” goes an old African saying.

We place our lives in their hands, then close our eyes and fall sleep in peace inside our posh homes. But at the same time, we close our eyes to their predicaments.

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