The Covid-19 restriction of movement of person rules empower the Health CS to make rules to prevent the spread of the disease in the most affected areas. By DAVID MWEREMore by this AuthorParliament has summoned Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i and his Health colleague Mutahi Kagwe over police brutality especially the continued arrest and detaining in quarantine facilities citizens those who violate the Covid-19 rules. The summons come after a committee of the National Assembly declined to approve two sets of the rules generated by the two ministries on suspicion that they are punitive and exposes the people to the risk of contracting the Covid-19 disease more than checking its spread as contemplated in the rules. Whereas the National Assembly has already passed various legal instruments crucial to the fight against the pandemic, it has questioned the Public Health (Prevention, Control and Suppression of Covid-19) Rules, 2020 and the Public Health (Covid-19 Restriction of Movement of Persons and Related Measures) Rules, 2020. The Covid-19 restriction of movement of person rules empower the Health CS to make rules to prevent the spread of the disease in the most affected areas.

Source: Daily Nation April 26, 2020 11:26 UTC