Police Impound Rotten Fish from China Destined for Sale in the Kenyan Market
Police in Eldoret town have impounded several tonnes of rotten fish allegedly imported from China and destined for sale in the Kenyan market.
The lorry ferrying the fish was dangerously parked on a pedestrian footpath near Eldoret town when Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago spotted it.
He discovered some suspicious activity going on when he stopped to confront the driver of the truck. He said the consignment was being offloaded to a nearby garage.
“I saw the lorry parked on a pedestrian line and thought it was obstructing members of the public using the road. When I went to ask them why they had parked there I realized they were engaged in a different business,” Mandago said.
“Some of the fish is rotten and already it's being offloaded may be to be sold to people here exposing them to high risks,” he added.
The Governor called the police, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) officials who responded swiftly.
Police said suspects found at the scene did not have any documentation to show how the consignment entered the country from China or to prove that they had complied with all legal and regulatory requirements.
“Am surprised that people of Eldoret eat fish imported from China. I don’t think garage business had anything to do with food handling. This is clearly unhygienic," Mandago said.
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Never trust China with the food you eat. That can be any meat eg. cats. mice, snake, whale or man-made fish
Kick these chinks out. They devalue black lives.
Kenya Kenya yetu viongozi mpo wapi institutions ziko wapi..sukari Mercury Nyama ni ya paka samaki kaoza..Mafuta...bei wakenya tule nini nxt maji God Forbid wake up call..Uhuru and your high profile Ministers
Viongozi wa Kenya wako Pamoja na China; Conjoined until what China is Owed is Paid off.
Ningependa kujua, Je, Uhuru na Ruto walipewa nini na Wachina ili waiuze na kuiharibu nchi yetu?
Mimi sili chakula chochote cha Mchina au kuingia katika hoteli yao. Je Ruto na Uhuru wameshasahau ya kwamba, juzi tuliitwa "tumbili" na Mchina mmoja akiwa nchini mwetu?
Je, Ruto na Uhuru wamesahau ya kwamba katika hoteli ya Wachina, waliwauzia wananchi nyama ya mbwa?
Ndugu @Romeo23 umesema kweli kabisa.
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Kenya Kenya yetu viongozi mpo wapi institutions ziko wapi..sukari Mercury Nyama ni ya paka samaki kaoza..Mafuta...bei wakenya tule nini nxt maji God Forbid wake up call..Uhuru and your high profile Ministers..."
How is this government protecting Kenyans from outside forces. How can we entrust our human resources to foreigners? The least we should be able to provide for ourselves is anything that goes to our body. The government cannot have open borders and not have laws to protect the citizenry and a way to enforce those laws. I hope our leaders fully understand the dangers they are exposing Kenyans to. Sugar with mercury, lotten fish and any other garbage, and slavery ways that they have allowed into the country. Kenyans should abandon Chinese and any other foreign food altogether as it may be used to poison our population.God help Kenya have real leaders and not politicians. God help Kenya!!
Truth be told ,these foreigner can only come and do their mischief if we allow them.
First of all we should not be importing fish denying migango Fisher men livelyhood,unless there is a shortage of fish.
God forbade. Yaani kenya tunapenda pesa kuliko maisha ya mwana adamu. Why should some individuals sacrifice life of ithers because of greed. That truely is not patriotism. The way imports are handled at Port should be investigated seriously. I mean seriously. This is a big shame!