By MAUREEN KAKAHMore by this AuthorThe Law Society of Kenya (LSK) wants the Ministry of Health to supply vulnerable groups including street families with free masks in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus. In a fresh suit filed at the High Court against the State, LSK is also challenging the publication of curfew rules published in newspapers as Public Health (Covid 19) Restriction of Movement of Persons and Related Measures Rules 2020. LSK has specifically sued Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and the Attorney General while the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights and the Speaker of the National Assembly are listed as interested parties. LSK alleged that imposition of a mandatory requirement to everyone to wear masks, including those who cannot afford them, is discriminatory. They have protested against the rule requiring that those travelling must also have masks on without excluding lone drivers as unlawful and irrational.

Source: Daily Nation April 16, 2020 12:44 UTC