Embu County Commissioner Abdulahi Galgalo was nearly run over by a motorist who was evading arrest on Friday, March 27, 2020.
NTV on Saturday, March 28 reported that the motorist had been stopped by police officers for driving despite the nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew as issued by President Uhuru Kenyatta on March 25, 2020.
Being the inaugural day of the nationwide curfew, Galgalo led police officers in ensuring that members of the public were within the confines of their homes by 7 p.m.
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In the video seen by Kenyans.co.ke, the county commissioner was crossing the road at a point where the police had set up a roadblock. Seeing an oncoming car, Galgalo waved a flashlight at the car, but the motorist opted to keep driving.
This forced him to quickly dash to the edge of the road to save his life. The motorist sped off evading arrest and possibly a whipping from the police officers.
Shops, homes and businesses in Embu remained shut at the time of the curfew, with onlookers observing from the comfort of their windows, and compounds.
Police from around the country were involved in running battles and confrontations with members of the public who were found outside their homes after 7 p.m.
At the Likoni Channel in Mombasa, residents were roughed up by the police two hours before curfew time.
National Police Service spokesperson Charles Owino had warned that anyone caught violating the curfew would attract a 3-month jail sentence.
However, this would be served once the Coronavirus pandemic was contained.
Interior and Coordination of National Government Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i stated that Kenyans ought to be disciplined to give law enforcers an easy time as well as curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
"Most of the challenges we are having right now regarding this matter is us not being disciplined. We have to be disciplined," Matiang'i stated.
