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| Interior CS Fred Matiang’i. FILE |
CS Interior Fred Matiangi says he has not been hospitalized or contract the deadly virus. He says those who are propagating Misinformation termed them as fake news vendors.
Health CAS Rashid Aman, on Wednesday, declined reports that the government has barred all the Cabinet Secretaries from traversing the country amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
The CAS said the purpose of the circular from the office of the Head of Public Service was to reinforce the containment measures.
To all members of the public, please disregard the fake news and misinformation being spread on various outlets that CS Dr. @FredMatiangi is hospitalized.The claims are completely untrue. pic.twitter.com/hHUv7jkUzM
— Ministry of Interior (@InteriorKE) July 24, 2020
“The purpose of the circular was simply to reinforce the measures that the government had put in place for civil servants and public servants to observe,” Aman said.
The clarification followed reports that President Uhuru Kenyatta had barred Cabinet secretaries from touring the country as part of efforts to curb the spread of Coronavirus.