A day after the president, banned large public gatherings,politicians continue to defy the directive.
Though the president directed that funerals be attended by close family members and capped the number of attendees at 100, political leaders led hundreds of residents to the home of Mzee Peter Watangwa, the uncle to former UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi in Bungoma for his funeral where social distance was violated.
Similar scenarios played out in Kericho county as over 500 KNUT members gathered to elect their representative.
Despite COVID-19 continuing to wreck havoc in the country, hundreds of mourners on Saturday trooped in for the he funeral of Mzee Peter Watangwa, uncle to UNCTAD Secretary General Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi who is eyeing the presidency in 2022, this against President Kenyatta’s order capping the number of mourners at a funeral at 100 persons.
Leaders who were expected to lead by example mingled freely and in abandon; masks were not worn and social distancing was utterly disregarded.