Stranded Kenyans arriving at JKIA ‘quarantined' in NYS buses for hours

Quarantine Rules in Kenya: Kenyans who landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Monday night were subject to a shocking ordeal throughout the night. Although the Kenya government had declared that Kenyans landing at the JKIA from abroad should be quarantined some passengers who landed at 9:50pm on Monday were not addressed by anyone after their arrival via British Airways.

By 4:57am on Tuesday morning, these passengers were still stranded at the airport. Local newspaper, The Star, quoted one passenger who was identified as Wanjiru saying that there were no tests done and no direction offered to the passengers

“Wanjiru was coming from the UK. Her initial return flight was booked last year in October but was cancelled by Swiss Air on Thursday. She was to travel on Friday so her family members were forced to buy her a new ticket since her visa was also expiring,” the paper reported.

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The paper further said that the National Youth Service buses came at around 5:15am to take the passengers to Kenyatta University where they were to be quarantined. They were however turned away from the university.

“When we arrived at KU, the university has refused to let us in from 6am. This bus has no opening windows and we are like 30 in this bus,” Ms. Wanjiku was quoted. “The bus has changed route, passengers have been told they are going to try their luck at University of Nairobi, we don’t know which one.”

Moments later, she contacted the newspaper and said that they were still stuck at outside the university, with officials saying that they were looking for extra places to quarantine them. She also said that they were being asked to pay Sh. 5,000 to get tested for coronavirus. Quarantine Rules in Kenya.