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Senator Johnson Sakaja at Francis Atwoli's home in Kajiado County on May 29 [Photo:Jonah Onyango]
Police were last evening looking for Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja for detention and processing, accusing him of flouting Covid-19 pandemic rules. Senator Sakaja, who chairs a Senate committee exploring responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, was on Friday night arrested at a bar in Nairobi’s Kilimani on claims of violating the government’s curfew orders, but later released. Yesterday, police camped outside Sakaja’s house to arrest him after top government officials questioned why the Senator was released even after breaking the law. According to the police, Sakaja threatened to have all police officers from Kilimani Police Division transferred within 24 hours. The Senator has denied having been arrested, tweeting: “Never been arrested. Won’t be. Show me an OB Number.”
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