{"id":88,"date":"2026-08-06T12:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=88"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:15:51","slug":"%f0%9d%90%91%f0%9d%90%ae%f0%9d%90%ad%f0%9d%90%a8-%f0%9d%90%91%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%a7%f0%9d%90%9a%f0%9d%90%a6%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%ac-%f0%9d%90%96%f0%9d%90%9a%f0%9d%90%ad%f0%9d%90%9c%f0%9d%90%a1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/?p=88","title":{"rendered":"\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc11\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2c &#8216;\ud835\udc16\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27&#8217; \ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2f\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc32 \ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President William Ruto has directed all government institutions, public offices, and employers to discontinue the use of the term &#8220;watchmen&#8221; when referring to personnel in the private security sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President said the officers should henceforth be officially recognized as &#8220;private security officers,&#8221; describing the change as part of efforts to uphold the dignity and professionalism of those working in the industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He instructed all public institutions and employers to immediately adopt the new designation in official communication and documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The directive is expected to standardize the terminology used across the country while reinforcing the government&#8217;s commitment to recognizing the important role played by private security officers in safeguarding lives and property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002021051-1024x529.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002021051-1024x529.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002021051-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002021051-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1002021051.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo courtesy: Google<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/images-12.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/images-12.jpeg 588w, https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/images-12-300x233.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto has directed all government institutions, public offices, and employers to discontinue the use of the term &#8220;watchmen&#8221;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blazepointmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}