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Kenya: Sakaja Fined Sh15,000 After Pleading Guilty to Curfew Violation
Capital FM, 21 July 2020
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has been fined Sh15,000 in default of which he will serve three months in prison for flouting a dusk-to-dawn curfew order. Read more »
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Kenya: Nairobi Senator Resigns From Covid-19 Committee Chairmanship
Capital FM, 20 July 2020
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has relinquished his position from the Senate ad hoc Committee on COVID-19 which he has been chairing. Read more »
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Kenya: Senator Sakaja Presents Himself to Police Over Curfew Violation
Nation, 20 July 2020
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has resigned from his position as the chairman of the Senate ad hoc committee on Covid 19, a day after he was arrested for flouting curfew… Read more »
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East Africa: Region Rolls Out Electronic Covid-19 Certificates to Ease Transportation
Nation, 20 July 2020
East African countries have moved to ease movement of goods with the roll-out of a system that will allow them to share Covid-19 test results of truck drivers electronically. Read more »
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Kenya: No Court Action on Sakaja - Police Boss
Nairobi News, 18 July 2020
Nairobi regional police commander Philip Ndolo says consultations are underway on the action to be taken against Senator Johnson Sakaja who arrested drinking in a club past curfew… Read more »
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Kenya: Drunk and Disorderly - Senator Sakaja Arrested for Contravening Virus Curfew
Capital FM, 18 July 2020
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja was on Friday night arrested at a bar while drinking way past the curfew hours. Read more »
Flouting Rules Cost Kenyan Senator Top Post in Covid-19 Committee
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaj's lawyers have argued that there is no need to punish him anymore since he has apologized and resigned as the chairperson of the Senate ad hoc committee on Covid-19. He has also been fined Sh15,000 in default of which he will serve three months in prison for flouting a dusk-to-dawn curfew order after he was arrested at a bar while drinking way past the curfew hours. This comes as East African countries are battling to contain the virus by rolling out of a n electronic system that will allow them to share Covid-19 test results of truck drivers electronically.
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