{"id":2708,"date":"2021-03-27T13:05:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T10:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinvolvement.wordpress.com\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2021-03-27T13:05:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T10:05:34","slug":"locked-counties-reopened-for-travel-until-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/2021\/03\/27\/locked-counties-reopened-for-travel-until-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Locked Counties reopened for Travel Until Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By: Sumaya Hussein<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:husseinsumaya1@gmail.com\">husseinsumaya1@gmail.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theinvolvement.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/cyrus-oguna-magdaline-saya.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2710\" \/><figcaption>Government Spokesperson Cyrus Oguna during a press briefing on March 27 &#8211; Magdaline Saya, The Star<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government has reopened previously locked counties of Nairobi, Nakuru, Machakos, Kajiado and Kiambu for citizens to travel in and out, until Sunday 8pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a press briefing on Saturday, Government Spokesperson Cyrus Oguna, said that the transition period is for Kenyans who may be stranded away from work places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is also for students who may want to travel home after the closure of schools,\u201d said Oguna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further added that all travelers with flight and SGR tickets have until Monday 12pm to travel, after which all travels will be suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oguna also said that individuals holding curfew passes will continue to use the old passes until the new ones are issued on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis applies to healthcare workers and journalists among others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday announced cessation of movement in and out of the five locked counties, terming them as \u201cdisease infected areas\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citizens decried the short notice as the announcement left many stranded hence the need to revise the time limit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Sumaya Hussein (husseinsumaya1@gmail.com) The government has reopened previously locked counties of Nairobi, Nakuru, Machakos, Kajiado and Kiambu for citizens to travel in and out, until Sunday 8pm. In a press briefing on Saturday, Government Spokesperson Cyrus Oguna, said that the transition period is for Kenyans who may be stranded away from work places. \u201cThis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invo.nyarango.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}