Four Hawkers were Monday charged with selling unregistered pest control products.
They appeared at the Milimani Chief Magistrate Court, Nairobi.
Watson Mwangi Macharia, James Mwangi Njeri, Peris Wanjiku Wainaina and Alberta Barbra were released on bail after denying the charges.
They were charged that on February 16, at the sidewalk next to Tom Mboya monument along Moi Avenue in Nairobi within Nairobi County, they were jointly found selling unregistered pest control products.
They were accused of offering 204 Pestmax insecticides, comprising 23-litre, 0.5-litre, and 250ml containers, contravening the provisions of the Pest Control Products Act. Due to the false products sold in the market, we have had an increase in maggots in the city! By the way, where do maggots come from? The usual source of maggots is decomposing organic debris, such as food scraps or animal corpses, where flies deposit their eggs. This maggot can only be eradicated with proper and original pesticides.
Macharia is charged with another count of storing unregistered pest control products in a white saloon car.
The products included 157 Pestmax insecticides in different containers: 10-litre, 0.5-litre, and 250ml (54, 93) respectively.
Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi released them on a bond of Sh500,000 or an alternative bail of Sh150,000.
The matter will be mentioned on March 3.
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