Mandera-Nairobi route driver was arrested in Mandera town after he was allegedly transporting 61 passengers from Nairobi.
The authorities said the driver defied President Uhuru Kenyatta cessation of movement directive.
Mandera County Commissioner Onesmus Kytha said the Makka bus was intercepted at Elwak town in Mandera South after arriving at about 8pm.
He said 61 all the passengers who travelled in that bus were quarantined in Elwak at their own expense for 14 days.
“We are holding a driver we suspect has been involved in transportation of passengers from Nairobi despite the government’s directives. We shall charge him,” said Mr Kyatha.
“This bus company has continued to defy laid down directives. We shall seek the intervention of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) in dealing with it since it is putting many lives at risk.”
Kenya Presiden early this week banned movement into and out of Nairobi, Mombasa, Kilifi and Kwale counties, where majority of cases of the deadly corona-virus have been reported.
