This archive report was first published on 22 December 2019.
On December 22, 2019, a parent took to Twitter to express frustration after Glovo delivered alcohol to teenagers under 18 years old.
The parent, David Mugo, stated that the DCI should stop Glovo from selling alcohol since they had no way of verifying the ages of the people who ordered alcohol.
The tweet sparked a heated debate online, with some Kenyans blaming David for poor parenting and others criticizing Glovo for not doing enough to verify the ages of customers.
Some of the comments included:
- 'This is what am thinking......poor parenting!!!!!! Kids who have the guts to order drinks online.'
- 'The delivery guy was assigned to deliver, did he know the age of the people who ordered? lets not blame the delivery guy.'
- '16 year has a registered phone number. Thats where the problem starts.'
- 'Should be held responsible. No way of verifying the ages.'
- 'How did they order? A line you availed or the other parents? Starts from there mate - Sad and Sorry but you are throwing blame to the wrong peeps.'
- 'If you look at the age verification on these platforms, it's basically an 'Are you over 18?' question... No follow through.'
- 'Tunaweza funga glovo na huyu mtoto bado apate ball..thats not good company.'
- 'Well Glovo should do some due diligence before alcohol deliveries are made that's corporate responsibility. On parenting a teenager i don't have enough insight about it so i won't comment about it.'
