President Uhuru Kenyatta revealed that he initiated the arrest of Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi and is hoping for his 10-year sentence.
The president was speaking in an interview with a local Kikuyu vernacular station when he touched on the issue of Saburi.
Uhuru said he is hoping the Deputy Governor gets a decade behind bars after flouting the government's directive to self-quarantine for 14 days.
In the interview, Uhuru wanted Saburi to set an example to the public, "I am the one who said that the Kilifi Deputy Governor should be arrested... I am praying that he gets 10 years.
"He should be the one with better knowledge as he is a leader. But he comes from Germany, he passes through Nairobi, Mombasa and Kilifi spreading it because he is a 'big man'.
"That's why I want it to be a lesson, even if you are a prominent person, you don't have the right to go spreading the disease to the people."
On Friday, April 3, Police stormed the Coast General Hospital to arrest Saburi, just a day after he was declared healed of the virus.
Saburi tested positive of Covid-19 on Sunday, March 22, weeks after arriving in the country from Germany via Amsterdam on March 6.
The Deputy Governor failed to comply with the 14-day quarantine directive issued by the government for those who had travelled from countries affected by Covid-19.
The Deputy Governor was arraigned before Mombasa Chief Magistrate Edna Nyaloti on Monday, April 6 and is currently at the Bandari Police Station until Thursday, April 9, when a ruling on his bail will be delivered.
In an exclusive interview with Kenyans on Monday, April 6, DPP Noordin Haji revealed that Saburi could be in for a serious charge, "If a person dies from the interaction, that is definitely a murder charge.
"What he did is a serious thing. We are are not getting him off."
