CS Kagwe angered by Use of Ambulance to Party During Curfew [VIDEO]

Medical practitioners display protective gear at a Coronavirus isolation and treatment facility in Mbagathi District Hospital on Friday, March 6, 2020.
Medical practitioners display protective gear at a Coronavirus isolation and treatment facility in Mbagathi District Hospital on Friday, March 6, 2020.
Simon Kiragu
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A group of young people angered Health CS Mutahi Kagwe by inventing a trick to party despite the Dusk-to-Dawn Curfew.

Speaking during his daily address on Thursday,  April 9, the CS disclosed that he had caught wind of a group of Kenyans that used an ambulance to get to a party during the curfew hours.

"On the curfew, we are working very closely with the police and the enforcement agencies that wherever there is a case where somebody needs healthcare, we are in touch with the police.

"Let me also tell you the kind of abuse of this privilege that we have seen. Two days ago, there were young people who wanted to beat the curfew to go to a party, and guess what they got to go to the party in? An ambulance. That is how bad it gets," stated the CS.

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe (front) with Ministry of Health director-general Dr. Patrick Amoth at a press briefing on April 2, 2020.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe (front) with Ministry of Health director-general Dr. Patrick Amoth at a press briefing on April 2, 2020.
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He noted that the incident occurred on Tuesday, April 7, after the group feigned sickness in order to secure the services of an ambulance which falls under the category of essential services vehicles.

The CS was answering a question that had been posed to him following rising cases of Kenyans failing to access essential services like medical care due to the curfew.

"You take an ambulance under the guise of sickness to go and hang out instead of leaving the ambulance for other purposes," he added.

He later urged Kenyans to be more responsible with the resources deemed essential and limited as the pandemic spreads and promised to track down the group and arrest them.

As part of measures to keep the virus spread at bay, Kagwe insisted that everyone should stay at home during the Easter holiday as no activities would be ongoing countrywide.

He based his argument on the fact that most institutions had been closed down including schools, bars, hotels and banning of gatherings.

As of Thursday, April 9, the total number of people who tested positive in Kenya stood at 184.

The virus has already claimed 7 lives with the country recording 12 recoveries.

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