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\u201cWe have so far tested over 4,277people out\nwhich 158 have tested positive. We have recorded six deaths and four\nrecoveries. At least 82 per cent of those who have tested positive are from Nairobi\nCity County and 14 per cent from Kwale, Kilifi and Mombasa,\u201d said Uhuru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uhuru also banned movement in Nairobi and\nthree coastal counties that have been worse hit by the Covid19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat there shall be cessation\nof all movement by road, rail or air in and out of the Nairobi Metropolitan area and the counties\nof Kilifi, Kwale and Mombasa. The\ncessation of movement within Nairobi Metropolitan Area shall be for an initial containment period of 21 days; with effect from 7:00 pm on Monday, 6th April,\u201d Uhuru ordered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the movement of people within the four counties hall continue\nsubject to the nationwide curfew, which\nshall be restricted and supervised by the Kenya Police. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c<\/strong>The Nairobi Metropolitan Area is designated as Nairobi City County, Part of Kiambu County up to Chania River Bridge\n(Thika), including Rironi, Ndenderu, Kiambu Town; Part of Machakos County up to\nAthi-River, including Katani; Part of Kajiado County including Kitengela,\nKiserian, Ongata Rongai and Ngong Town; and all other areas as set out in the Order,\n\u201csaid Uhuru. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPassenger carrying bicycles, scooters,\nmotorcycles, vehicles, railway wagons, and aircraft shall not be allowed in and\nout of Nairobi Metropolitan Area, Kwale, Kilifi and Mombasa,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uhuru said movement of food and other cargo\nshall continue upon writing to health officials of their travel plans <\/p>\n\n\n\n He also directed the Treasury to utilize the\n Sh2billion the government recovered from corruption as well as money\nallocated for domestic and international travels by both national and county\ngovernment officers be allocated to fight Covid19 by supplying foods stuffs and\nwater to the needy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs we scale up our\ninterventions against the current health pandemic, I direct the National Treasury to utilize the Sh. 2 Billion of already recovered from corruption\nproceeds to support the most vulnerable members of our society, especially the needy in our urban\nareas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president also directed the\nNational Treasury to appropriate all domestic and international travel budgets\nfor all State Agencies within the Executive, the Judiciary, the\nLegislature and the County Governments;\nand to re-allocate them to combating COVID-19. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nairobi By Andrew Ombuni President Uhuru Kenyatta has placed Nairobi, Kilifi, Mombasa and Kwale counties under partial lockdown in a bid to curb the spread of Coronavirus. The residents of the said counties will also not be allowed to travel outside the devolved units. The announcement came after Uhuru held a closed door meeting with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/covid.jpg\")
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