The curfew regulations will not be relaxed even during the month of Ramadhan, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said noting that those arrested not adhering to the rule will be taken for quarantine.
The statement by President Uhuru Kenyatta comes after calls by Muslim clerics to have the curfew pushed to begin at 9pm in the month of Ramadhan, a request the President has turned down.
The curfew in Kenya was instituted after the country experienced a rise in COVID-19 cases yet parties continued being held despite the government advising otherwise and begins from 7 pm and ends at 5 am.
President Uhuru who was speaking from State House, Nairobi during a live address on national Swahili radio stations: Radio Citizen, Radio Jambo, Radio Maisha, Milele FM, and KBC’s Radio Taifa said Muslims should observe Ramadhan just like Christians observed Easter, in their homes to curb the spread of COVID-19.
“We told Christians during Easter that you cannot mark this day…We respect all religions, but we have said that let us all celebrate and mark these religious days in our homes, on radio, and on television,” President Uhuru has said.
“I ask our Muslim brothers and sisters to mark the holy month of Ramadhan like they have not done before because these are extraordinary times,” President Uhuru said noting that the current times require a change in our norms if the fight against COVID-19 is to be won.
“Ukishikwa, ukivunja hizo regulations, mimi nimesema hakuna haja ya kuwapeleka kwa polisi. Polisi wako na kazi nyingi ya kutulinda sisi…wakiwashika hawa waende wawekwe hawa kwenye quarantine wakae huko siku kumi na moja…wakivunja sheria tena waongezewe siku zingine kumi na moja,” President Uhuru has said in the 22nd April address.
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