I directed the arrest of Gideon Saburi and should set an example to others -President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta on statehouse address

President Uhuru Kenyatta clearly stated that he directed the arrest of Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi. He said that he will be an example to other rogue leaders in the country.


The president was speaking in an interview with a local Kikuyu vernacular station when he touched on the issue of Saburi.


 "I am the one who said that the Kilifi Deputy Governor should be arrested... I am praying that he gets 10 years, " the President said in Kikuyu dialect.


"He should be the one with better knowledge as he is a leader. But he comes from Germany, he passes through Nairobi, Mombasa and Kilifi spreading it because he is a 'big man', " he added.


"That's why I want it to be a lesson, even if you are a prominent person, you don't have the right to go spreading the disease to the people."


On Friday, April 3, Police stormed the Coast General Hospital to arrest DG Saburi, just a day after he was released after being confirmed that he was fully recovered from the virus.