The St Kitts Nevis Observer
PHOTO: ADRIAN WALKER
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, displays a flyer promoting an illegal party, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on December 8.
KINGSTON, Jamaica–December 10th, 2020–Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie, says that no permits have been granted by the municipal corporations for parties and events anywhere in Jamaica, and the staging of these illegal activities will be stopped by the police.
He was speaking during Tuesday’s sitting of the House of Representatives.
A ban has been placed on the staging of parties and events as part of measures to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus.
Desmond McKenzie
An illegal party titled ‘Shut Yuh Mouth with Yuh Likkle Bit a Money’ that was advertised for Wednesday, December 9 in Bull Bay, St Andrew in clear breach of the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA), will not take place as scheduled as Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has asked the police to shut it down.
The promoters of the event also claimed that the party was sanctioned by the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) which the minister noted was both erroneous and a lie as the KSAC has for sometime been renamed the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC). McKenzie also noted that none of the 14 municipal corporations across the country had granted any permits for any entertainment event in the last five months.