Murang’a governor calls on government to bar movement
By Wangari Njuguna, March 23, 2020
Wangari Njuguna
Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria has urged the government to implement measures which would minimise movement to various parts of the country.
The governor said in as much as the government is putting efforts to fight the spread of the coronavirus massive movement of people will always be a challenge.
Wa Iria warned that if this is not heeded to, the situation is likely to get out of hand and more people will be infected.
Speaking in Murang’a, he urged the national government, through the Ministries of Transport and Interior Coordination, to come up with measures to enforce this.
“Controlling the movement of people will be a sure way of containing the spread of the deadly virus because humans are the major carriers” he said.
He said people need to be sensitised on the seriousness of this situation for them to understand the need to stay indoors as much as possible.
“I think this matter has not sunk into the minds of the people and that’s why they are still moving around” he said.
“People should only travel when their cause is very necessary like going to hospital, but anything else can wait” he added.
He said soon they might be forced to monitor the movement of the people getting in and out of the county.
“We don’t mean to curtail the freedom of movement but let people understand it is for their own good,” said the governor.