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Fines, 3-year jail term for breaking virus control rules

Health Cabinet secretary Mutahi Kagwe and members of the National Emergency Response Committee on Coronavirus address the media at Harambee House in Nairobi on March 22, 2020. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

By  Edwin Mutai

Nation Media Group

Political Reporter

Individuals who breach the tough travel, mass gathering and isolation rules aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus face a fine of up to Sh50,000 or a jail term of up to three years or both in lien with the public health law.

The State on Sunday imposed additional restrictions on a day it was announced that confirmed cases of the virus had more than doubled to 15 with eight positive people captured over the past 72 hours.

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