According to the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, sex enhancing drugs are supposed to be prescribed by doctors but many retailers sell them over the counter.
Two people have been charged at a Nairobi court over illegal possession of sex enhancing drugs worth Sh44 million.
The
consignment was seized at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on
Friday, while the duo was waiting to pick them for distribution in the
country, the Pharmacy and Poisons Board confirmed.
They were charged at the Makadara Law Courts on Monday.
According
to Director of Inspectorate, Surveillance and Enforcement Ahmed
Mohammed, the drugs branded ‘Vega’ from India, have been circulating in
the country for the last two years.
He said their label
indicated that they were manufactured by a company identified as Heri
Pharmaceuticals from Mumbai and imported by Diani Pharmaceuticals which
is not registered with the Board.
HAND LUGGAGE
“The
drug has been on sale in the country on an irregular basis for the last
two years and we have not been able to get to the importer until last
Friday,” he told the Nation.
“We had been
carrying out intelligence investigations and ours was a ‘backward’
investigation where we begun with retailers up to the main supplier,” he
said.
The surveillance officer said the drugs came in as hand luggage marked “harmless substances” in a bid to conceal it.
“Demand
for such drugs in the country is high and business people would want to
make a big cut so they avoid registering the drugs or the company as
the process is rigorous,” said Dr Mohammed.
The
official said sex enhancing drugs are supposed to be prescribed by
doctors but many retailers now sell them over the counter.
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