Govt imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew on Mandera
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery in Kwale County on October 25, 2016. The minister has announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew on parts of Mandera County. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- The towns affected by the regulation requiring people to remain indoors between 6.30pm and 6.30am include Mandera Town, Omar Jillo, Arabia, Fino, Lafey Kotulo, Elwak and the environs extending to 20km from the Kenya-Somalia border.
- The curfew, according to the order made in accordance to Section 8 (1) of the Public Order Act by the minister will last for 90 days, ending December 27.
The government has imposed an immediate dusk-to-dawn curfew on Mandera County, two days after Al-Shabaab militants killed 12 people at a hotel.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery on Thursday announced the curfew in a Kenya Gazette Notice 183 of October 26.
The towns affected by the regulation requiring people to remain indoors between 6.30pm and 6.30am include Mandera Town, Omar Jillo, Arabia, Fino, Lafey Kotulo, Elwak and the environs extending to 20km from the Kenya-Somalia border.
“Every person who resides within the Sub-County shall except under, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a written permit granted by the respective Deputy County Commissioner for the affected areas, remain indoors in the premises at which they reside or at such other premises as may be authorized,” Mr Nkaissery ordered.
The curfew, according to the order made in accordance to Section 8 (1) of the Public Order Act by the minister will last for 90 days, ending December 27.
Earlier on Thursday, a court in Mandera allowed officers from the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) to hold for 10 days Abdirahman Ali, the caretaker of the hotel.
