Form 4 students who had just completed their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) were among hundreds of people who had to spend the night at Uhuru Park after they missed means of transport to their homes due to the curfew.
Teachers and students who had sought refuge at Uhuru Park as night fell said that they had arrived late after traveling from various parts of the country and encountering heavy traffic jams on the way. The curfew in Nairobi runs from 8 pm.
President Uhuru Kenyatta declared the five counties of Nairobi, Machakos, Kajiado, Nakuru, and Kiambu as “disease-infested-areas”. He imposed a cessation of movement in and out of the region and had the curfew run from 8 pm to 4 am.
The Ministry of Education had previously directed all schools across the country to plan how students would travel into and out of the five counties currently under lockdown. The students were to be issued letters to facilitate their travel.
Hey Kenyans, there r students rboys & girls (who just completed their KCSE) spending the night at Uhuru Park right now, open to attacks, robbery & rape coz they could not travel to their homes due to curfew. Source: @citizentvkenya 😭😭😭. Has this country gone to the dogs?
— Juma G 🇰🇪 (@jumaf3) April 19, 2021
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On Saturday, thousands of motorists within Nairobi spent the night on the road when police officers closed down major roads such as Thika Road, Waiyaki Way, Kangundo Road, among others to stop Kenyans moving beyond curfew hours.
Every day, thousands of Kenyans scramble for available public transport within Nairobi’s CBD with the majority of them ending up walking home. It is obvious that the curfew in place is not helping fight Covid-19.