This archive report was first published on 24 September 2019.
On September 23, 2019, a joint inspection by the county health department, environment department, and agricultural department revealed that the slaughterhouses had been operating for three weeks without licenses after City Hall declined to renew them due to unsatisfactory hygienic standards.
Health CEC Mohammed Dagane stated, 'The abattoirs are not sustainable because they do not meet the basic requirements of sanitation. They are also located within a human settlement which makes it difficult for them to observe the required health standards even in terms of waste disposal and segregation.'
During the operation, 14 other illegal structures used by unscrupulous traders to store meat from the slaughterhouses were discovered. The structures were found to be located between residential houses and were illegally connected to the water and power systems.
Officers from the county proceeded to arrest the owners, citing lack of licenses and endangering the lives of residents by not abiding by the public health act.
