The curfew will continue to be enforced across the country from 10.00 pm to 4.00am.
In an Executive Order issued on Sunday, President Uhuru Kenyatta further announced a 60-day ban on all gatherings including political meetings that may act as super-spreader events.
Funerals and weddings have however been exempted from the ban provided the number of persons in attendance is capped at not more than 150.
Venues holding gatherings of this kind will be expected to have the capacity to accommodate guests in accordance with COVID-19 protocols and guidelines.
All overnight vigils and events of any kind will remain prohibited indefinitely.
Passengers in public and private vehicles will be required to wear masks and maintain hand hygiene at all times while within the motor vehicle; and all public service vehicles will be expected to observe a strict
60% maximum carrying capacity limit.
Kenya has so far confirmed 96,802 coronavirus since the pandemic was confirmed locally in March.
School re-opening: No fare hike, drivers to be tested for alcohol
It’s all systems go for the proposed school re-opening tomorrow following a multi-agency team meeting at the KICC on Sunday.
Transport Ministry CS James Macharia said his ministry had made advanced to ensure that students report back to school without a hitch
The ministry, for starters, met with the leadership of the Matatu Owners Association where three resolutions were arrived at: no fares will be hiked, drivers will have to be tested for alcohol and no driver will be allowed to drive for long distances.
The Ministry of Transport also announced that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and the Medium Gauge Railway (MGR) trains plying the Mombasa-Nairobi route would double their capacity on Monday.
No train will be making an express trip, instead, all the trains will stop at all the 7 stations between Mombasa and Nairobi to ease movement to those regions.
Elsewhere, the Nairobi-Nanyuki train with a capacity of 1500 will be leaving Nairobi at 9am on Monday and will make stop overs across its route in central Kenya.
In Nairobi, CS Macharia announced that 20 inter-city commuter trains will be available to ease movement around the capital.
The Ministry of Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said all plans were in place to ensure the safety of teachers and students.
He said that Teachers will be considered alongside other frontline workers once the COVID-19 vaccine gets to the country next month.
Schools across the country will be reopening on Monday after more than 8 months of closure occasioned by the pandemic.
Sports, music, drama and inter-school visits banned for 60 days
The Government has also banned all extra-curricular activities such as sports, music and drama for 60 days to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus as schools re-open on Monday.
Special school days such as prize giving day or exchange visits that may involve more than one school have also been banned.
All non-essential school visits to school by parents of guardians have also been prohibited unless under exceptional instances in which visitors will be subject to infection-prevention protocols.
Teachers who are above 58 years old or other members of staff who have pre-existing conditions will be allowed to deliver their duties remotely or hold their classes in open places with natural flow of air.
In an Executive Order on Sunday, President Kenyatta also announced that all school principals will be required to maintain a register of all sick students or teachers and inform the relevant county health department of all instances of illness.
County health departments have also been directed to carry out routine surveillance for COVID-19 and all other public health related problems in schools including random testing of students, teachers and the ancillary staff.
All public gatherings that may act as super-spreader events with the exemption of funerals and weddings have also been banned.
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