A security officer attached to one of the Cabinet Secretaries, and two Kenya Defence Forces were on Sunday night arrested when police raided a bar during dusk to dawn curfew.
They are among other 12 people that were arrested on Sunday night at a bar located along Kangundo road;
A Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detective was also arrested along the other three officers.
The officers were taken to Buru Buru Police Station and were also accused of being drunk and disorderly.
The two Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers are both rank of Warrant officers.
The Ministry of Health in its daily press briefings has reiterated the need for Kenyans to adhere to the government directives on the Covid-19.
Appearing at the press conference on Sunday, April 5, Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia put matatu and boda boda operators on notice, warning that they would face severe consequences if they failed to observe measures on safety and hygiene.
Macharia stated that matatu operators found contravening the directives will be arrested, charged and have their SACCO licences revoked, in addition to having their vehicles impounded.
Boda boda riders, required to wear masks and carry only one passenger in addition to observing sanitation measures, were threatened with similar actions.
“We have observed that the set directives are not being strictly followed, for example, most matatus are still overloading, hence not observing social distancing. They are also not observing standards of hygiene as per the set guidelines,”
“This directive applies to all public transport vehicles and the offenders will be charged in a court of law in line with the Public Health Act, for deliberately spreading the virus,” he stated.
As of Sunday, April 5, Kenya had a total of 142 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with four recoveries and four deaths.
The cases are so far spread across seven counties, with the government urging Kenyans to strictly adhere to measures meant to ensure physical distancing to curb its spread.
