This archive report was first published on 6 May 2020.
On Tuesday evening, police stormed Harry's Tavern along Manyanja Road in Umoja, Nairobi, and arrested over 40 people who were enjoying drinks behind closed doors.
The group, which included men and women, had locked themselves inside the tavern to avoid attracting unwelcome attention.
However, some of them managed to escape by jumping through the windows.
The arrested individuals will be subjected to mandatory quarantine at a government facility for 14 days.
The arrests came just hours after Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe expressed concern over the abuse of quarantine rules by Kenyans.
Speaking earlier, Kagwe said that people were flouting the rules by visiting eateries and ordering multiple drinks, despite the restrictions in place.
“And it has indeed been abused, it’s a fact that people have been going to pubs, or to eateries, they order one sausage with two beers, anakula hiyo sausage moja na beer mbili,” Kagwe stated.
“Anatoka hapo anaingia hoteli ingine, huko anakula beer mbili ingine na sausage moja anaingia ingine anauliza chungwa ati sasa ni desert na beer zengine mbili. Now, my friends, what are you doing? Sasa hiyo ni kitu gani unafanya jameni?” he posed.
