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SOFT DRINK CONSUMERS IN PANIC AS AUTHORITIES SEIZE BOTTLES WITH IMPURITIES

Kisumu City and its environs have been gripped with fear following the impounding of 2 bottles of sodas – Properties of Kisumu based Equator Bottlers situated along Angawa Avenue.

The said bottles which are still in custody of this investigative journalists were seized last week in a leading restaurant along Jomo Kenyatta Highway. It all started when the journalist went to this popular restaurant to quench his thirst.

He immediately noticed that the sodas he was about to be served had some foreign materials their in.

Having a nose for news the scribe decided to investigate further. He paid the bills and left with the two bottles for perusal with the relevant authorities.

First sojourn was with leading public health officials both from the Ministry of Health and those attached to the city council of Kisumu who were shocked by the revelation.

Second brake was at the Kenya bureau of standards where a senior officer at the Kisumu Office was equally tight-lipped but was over-heard telling a colleague that the issue was touching on a Company whose one of their seniors was rubbing shoulders with top echelon of Equator Bottlers.

In a bid to get comments from officials of the company the journalist met the officer in-charge of external operations and quality control, a Mr. Ang’ute who equally confirmed that the bottles were indeed theirs but ran short of elaborating the presence of the foreign materials.

The scribe was shocked beyond disbelief to hear from Ang’ute that such occurrences are not unique and as a policy framework of the company they always part with a paltry 4 bottles of soda or utmost one crate of small sodas to cool the aggrieved parties.

He went further to suggest to this reporter to accept his token of 5 crates in order to avert the disparaging disclosure. A galaxy of restaurants in Kisumu and its environs have of late been plagued with such incidences but their efforts to correct the situation has been hampered by connections and financial muscles of top managers from the Equator Bottlers.

Some of the hapless victims are now threatening legal action against the company as the only option.

The consumer watchdog body in this country could be having a lot to grapple with at the moment but they cannot afford to ignore this case. These two bottles originating from the Equator Bottlers based in Kisumu were seized by haw-eyed journalist last week from one of the leading restaurants in the town. In one of the bottles (Fanta) yet to be opened was a bolt. The other (Sprite) contained a plastic material. When probed further the owner of the restaurant said this was not the first time bottles from the company was being seized with impurities.

Akelo nyar Kager, jaluo@jaluo.com

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