Kenyan authorities have imposed a ban on transportation and markets in the country to help manage the spread of the COVID 19 virus.
Market activities have been halted in the country. Sellers and buyers have been ordered by the government to stay at home.
Matatus, privately owned partying minibuses were flooded with tear gases thrown by the police to bring an end to all activities going on within the minibuses from the fear it will boost the spread of the COVID 19 virus.
A Sergeant in Kisumu County named George Seda said that the instructions from the government was that all markets should be shut down and that’s the reason the police force were dispatched to the markets to enforce the new measures put in place to help curb the COVID 19 virus infection.
Kenya has already confirmed 28 cases of the COVID 19 virus so far and the government is desperately trying to keep the number at a minimum.
On Wednesday, the president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta imposed a nationwide curfew that will take effect on Friday, 27th of March, q measure targeted towards curbing the COVID 19 virus outbreak.