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Dusk-to-dawn curfew takes effect in new police offensive

Acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i . (Photo: Elvis Ogina/Standard)

Truckloads of General Service Unit and Administration Police arrived in Hola to implement the dusk-to-dawn curfew that went into effect in parts of Lamu, Tana River, and Garissa counties last evening.

Acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i on Saturday imposed a three-month curfew in the counties to contain escalating attacks by extremist group Al Shabaab. The order will run from July 9 to October 9, 2017.

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