This archive report was first published on 23 April 2020.
On April 23, 2020, Nairobi was under partial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the government having banned travel into and out of the city.
A suspect who had escaped from the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) quarantine centre in Nairobi was arrested in Kericho county, sparking panic in the area.
According to Bureti Police sub county police commander Felician Nafula, the suspect was arrested at Tiriitap Moita area in Bureti constituency on Thursday afternoon.
Nafula stated that the suspect had been transferred to an isolation centre at Kapkatet sub county hospital.
It is believed that more than 15 people who were being held in isolation at KMTC Nairobi recently escaped by scaling a perimeter wall.
The incident comes hardly a week after a woman and her spouse disappeared from a quarantine centre at Nyagacho in Kericho town only to be arrested later in Kisii county by the police.
Residents expressed concern over the incident, with one resident, Mr Geoffrey Rono Kataress, stating, 'It is scary that a man could escape from a quarantine centre and travel all the way to Bureti from Nairobi to mingle freely with the residents.'
