Four minors among 18 people arrested in Jamhuri estate house party » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 27- Police in Kilimani are holding 18 people found having a house party in Nairobi’s Jamhuri estate.

Those arrested include 4 minors, police said.

“We received information from the Multi Agency [Team] that there were people at a house in the estate and that is when our officers moved in and arrested them,” said Lucas Oigara, the Officer In-Charge of Kilimani Police Division.

Those arrested include men and women, with some girls and boys–all aged between 14 and 30 years.

“We are interrogating them to establish their motive and why they had gathered there because some were naked,” Oigara said.

Police recovered cameras which detectives were reviewing to establish what had been filmed.

“They told us that they were filming something to do with culture,” the police chief said, “we want to understand what culture this is.”

The arrest comes amid social distancing and large gathering restrictions as part of government directives to prevent the spread of coronavirus which had infected 355 people and killed 14 in the country by April 26.

Globally, more than 1.9 million people have been infected with more than 200,000 fatalities.

Another senior detective at the police station who spoke to Capital FM News described the scene as “nasty.”

From the interviews with senior police officers at the police station, Capital FM understands that the suspects will most likely face charges ranging from failing to observe social distancing measures to committing indescent acts.

The officers were non-committal on whether the suspects will be taken to quarantine after recent accusations on police officers taking anyone arrested after curfew hours to quarantine facilities.