A driver was arrested after being found with several kilos of donkey meat at the popular Burma Market in Nairobi.
The market is popular with meat. The seizure shows some residents could be consuming donkey meat without their knowledge.
Police said they had been tipped off the driver was ferrying the donkey meat to the market on Monday night when they intercepted his car and found it therein.
Police and veterinary officials said the meat was not inspected as required by law.
Donkey meat is not illegal in Kenya. Although Veterinary experts say donkey meat is safe for human consumption, its consumption is yet to gain ground in Kenya.
Still, Kenya’s population of donkeys is under threat after the High Court lifted a 2020 ban on donkey slaughterhouses, allowing them to resume selling the meat and hides to Asian markets.
A report from the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) showed that more than 4,000 donkeys were reported stolen over the period from April 2016 to December 2018.
