Parliament quashes quarantine charges at public institutions
By Job Obonyo - 2020-05-07 19:45:31 - [General]
Kenyans placed in mandatory quarantine by the State will be exempted from paying the Sh2,000 daily isolation charges after Parliament Wednesday quashed the fee and declared it unconstitutional. This came as Health Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced that the government would henceforth foot the quarantine bills.
Members of Parliament yesterday backed a Motion sponsored by Mvita legislator Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir that sought to waive the fee for those placed under mandatory quarantine.
This is a relief to infected Kenyans and those placed in State-backed isolation centres for being in contact with persons infected by coronavirus and who have been forced to pay up to nearly Sh50,000 for the two to three-week stay in the quarantine centres.
However, those placed in forced isolation units for defying social distancing rules and the dusk-to-dawn curfew are excluded from the waiver.
The Sh2,000 daily fee had kicked up a storm and was partly blamed for resistance to voluntary testing for coronavirus that has infected 582 people and killed 26 people in the country. “The government considers waiving charges payable by persons who are under mandatory quarantine, excluding those isolated due to violation of social distancing and curfew requirement,” said the Motion.
The vote was backed by MPs via acclamation in a day when about 40 lawmakers were in the House in keeping with the State’s social distancing rules.
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