President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the cessation of movement by road, rail, or air into and out of Nairobi, Kajiado, Machakos, Kiambu, and Nakuru counties effective March 26. In a state of the nation address delivered on Friday, President Kenyatta explained the decision had been arrived at after a surge in Covid-19 cases in these counties. “That fully conscious 70 percent of Kenya’s reported cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the Counties of Nairobi, Kajiado, Machakos, Kiambu, and Nakuru, these counties are individually and collectively declared a disease-infected area,” he announced. “There shall be a cessation of all movement by rail, road, all air, into and out of the disease infected area as one zoned area comprising of the counties of Nairobi, Kajiado, Machakos, Kiambu and Nakuru effective midnight tonight until otherwise notified,” he added. The Head of State also ordered the suspension of ordinary sessions of the August house, as well as those in the county assemblies of Nairobi, Machakos, Kajiado, Kiambu, and Nakuru and their committees.

Source: Daily Nation March 26, 2021 13:07 UTC