WE WRITE on the above with much annoyance and frustration towards the Region 3 Administration.  A few ranks (seven to be precise) of, about, 180 security personnel protested at our office, and were quite vociferous in their demand for payments for the month of February, 2012, for certain sites in the Region Three Administration. It will be useful to note that we no longer serve these locations or any in the Government’s Regional Security System. Indeed they were not paid up to the time of writing (for a period we had served before being relieved) due to the fact, and as usual, the Region 3 Administration was late in its payment. It is now past the middle of March 2012, and we have not been paid for January, 2012. As a result we were forced to borrow millions to pay our workers for January and February 2012, all at expensive bank interest. Our workers in the Region are quite poor people, who use this work to supplement themselves and families. This is most unfair, Region Three needs to get its act together in order to ensure the ranks are paid.
Of course, they should have made contact with us, and together we, inclusive of the undersigned would have gone to the Region Three Administration and protested together, and also to the Ministry of Local Government.
The Region Three Administration, the REO and its operations seem addicted to late payments, and seem to enjoy frustrating workers.  Many times one cannot get the relevant officers, especially the current REO to discuss matters.  These honoured officers in their honourable offices of the Region Three Administration have to understand, the people in the Security Industry are very poor people, and they need to be paid in a timely manner.  Due to usual delays, we calculated and arranged to pay the workers on a special day, with their approval to facilitate the Regional Administrations, anything beyond this is inhuman, unreasonable and unfair.  While we are no longer serve these regions, including Region Three, it will be unfair to the new service providers to suffer the same faith of late payments.
The workers, hence, have a right to be frustrated and annoyed, even though the few may vent their feelings against the wrong people, we in this case,  I am prepared to protest with them against the REO’s Office of Region Three and the Ministry of Local Government.
In the meantime this is a special note to the GRA and NIS scheme:  RK  no longer serves the Regional Administration in Regions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.  As a result our contributions in taxes and NIS will diminish. Our VAT, PAYE and NIS contributions have been properly remitted for the years we served. Both entities are welcomed to check our records again and verify.
Certain security entities tendering for Government Contracts are known to take the VAT and NIS for themselves, contrary to law.  The various revenue entities should ensure that all persons awarded Government contracts, should make the relevant contributions.