{"id":6468,"date":"2020-04-21T16:50:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T16:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=6468"},"modified":"2020-04-21T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T16:50:50","slug":"man-drowns-escaping-police-arrest-over-failure-to-wear-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/man-drowns-escaping-police-arrest-over-failure-to-wear-mask","title":{"rendered":"Man drowns escaping police arrest over failure to wear mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> A 21-year-old man has been confirmed dead after he fell into a pond in the outskirts of Kambu market, Makueni county.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He was escaping police who wanted to arrest him for not wearing a mask.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A source, who is also a boda boda operator, said the police were carrying out an operation at the market and on the old Mombasa-Nairobi highway.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The police who were not in face masks too were in an operation. The man ran into the pond full of water and efforts to rescue him were futile,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Police on patrol were confronted by the residents, who criticised them for punishing residents for not wearing masks when they themselves didn&#8217;t have them on.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The officers had to seek reinforcement from Mtito-Andei after the residents became defiant.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ministry of Health guidelines require all in public places to wear face masks and maintain social distancing to reduce coronavirus spread.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kibwezi sub-county police commander Ben Chagulo did not pick calls, but residents said police only visited the scene after they received a call informing them of a suspected drowning.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The 9ft-deep pond owner reported the incident to officers on patrol.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The owner added that police visited the farm located 100m off the road and retrieved the body.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The police report did not indicate if the body was handed over to the family or was taken to the Makindu Sub-county Hospital morgue.<\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1498022554617-0\" class=\"mt-3 mb-3\" data-google-query-id=\"CNiaxc77-egCFYaG7QodMcQNPA\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: A 21-year-old man has been confirmed dead after he fell into a pond in the outskirts of Kambu market, Makueni county. 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