Thirty youths were over the weekend arrested in Bungoma while having a party in one of the County employee’s house.
The youths who had defied the government’s directives on containing Covid-19 were busted on Saturday while enjoying some bottles of liquor, with some managing to escape the arrest by running away.
The 30 were arrested for not adhering to social distancing regulations as the country fights the spread of the coronavirus disease.
Sources at Bungoma Police Station said the 30 youths were arrested after members of the public raised concerns over their conduct.
The group was later released on a free bond after a stern warning against gathering in public for as long as the virus continues to wreak havoc in Kenya and across the world.
Some were charged for only being drunk and disorderly. Bungoma social media and local radio stations have send panic following their release.
According to the rules set by the Ministry of Health, anyone arrested for defying the national dusk to dawn curfew and not adhering to the social distancing regulations should be arrested, charged and taken into a mandatory quarantine.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said anyone found defying the dusk to dawn curfew is assumed to have been exposed to Covid-19, and should therefore be quarantined for 14 days at his/her own costs.
Bungoma residents are now requesting County Commissioner to rearrest the 30 youths and quarantine them. The irate residents have also threatened to burn the houses of the released youths should they not get rearrested.
They have also urged CS Kagwe to intervene and ensure that an action is taken against the youths, whom they now say are posing a great danger to the community.
A local youthful MCA who is a member of the Bungoma Health Committee requests for the guarantee of the Bungoma populace by quarantining the party goers
One of the youths is believed to have some travel history. He has traveled far and wide and is back in the country for a holiday.
Our efforts to contact the CEC Health and Police Boss in Bungoma have been futile.
