The Kenyan Government has destroyed sex toys worth Ksh 300,000 (N1 million) intended for female university students in the Rift Valley region after Kenyan Revenue Authority intercepted the container in Eldoret town, Uasin Gishu County on Wednesday.
Speaking on the operation, the KRA North Rift coordinator, Florence Otori, noted that the intercepted and destroyed shipment of sex toys were meant for sale to women and female university students in the area.
She said: “It is unfortunate and disheartening to see businessmen and businesswomen import such gadgets into the country and resort to selling them in towns in Rift Valley. As KRA, we cannot allow the furthering of moral decadence by greedy businessmen and businesswomen who are only out to make money, forgetting the negative impact such gadgets can have on children, who may be tempted to try them out. As KRA we won’t allow the importation of such gadgets into the country.”
She further added: “It is shocking that women, who we look up to in society, are the ones buying such gadgets. Women should be epitomes of moral direction in society.”
Nairobiwire reported that KRA officers also seized substandard goods worth more than Sh1 million at Eldoret International Airport.
The KRA North Rift boss further added that other items intercepted and destroyed included cigarettes, medicines, pornographic material and fake seeds.
She said: “Some of the goods we destroyed are very harmful to health…the public must be made aware.”