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Kilifi DG Saburi Finally Released From Jail

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Having spent more than 15 days behind bars, the Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi is finally a free man after Mombasa court released him on a Sh200,000 cash bail or alternative of Sh500,000 bond

The court directed him to self quarantine for 14 days, deposit all his travel documents and have no interaction with witnesses in the case.

His lawyer Kithii has argued that there wasn’t any compelling reason to keep holding him given that he wasn’t at a flight risk. Kenya has since cancelled all international flights as a measure of curbing the transmission of the deadly Covid19 virus.

Saburi is accused of breaching Section 28 (a) of the Public Health Act, which states that: “Any person who while suffering from any infectious disease, willfully exposes himself without proper precautions against spreading the said disease in any street, public place, shop, inn or public conveyance, or enters any public conveyance without previously notifying the owner, conductor or driver thereof that he is so suffering, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding thirty thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.”

Through his lawyer, Saburi has denied ever having tested positive for the Covid19. However, according to the Prosecution, he was tested positive by KEMRI and later on negative according to medical documents tabled by his lawyer.


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