If you rely on sex enhancing drugs to satisfy your partner then you must been keen lest you buy fake Viagra and ruin your Christmas holidays.
It has now emerged that Viagra are among fake drugs over several chemists and pharmacies in Nairobi and other towns.
Also on the list are condoms and morning after pills, which are among other pharmaceuticals that experts warn, can send innocent users to the grave early.
This was revealed during the launch of a report dubbed, Consumers Going Digital, to combat counterfeits targeting to eradicate the vice in the health sector, agriculture, transport and other sectors.
At the same time, a consumer survey commissioned by Kenya Consumers Organisation was recently made public in 11 counties.
Among the speakers were CEO of a company that has experience on such products and come up with solutions to curb the vice, not only in Kenya, but also across the world.
“Counterfeiting is a big problem worldwide. Kenya loses about Sh100 billion in revenue and the problem is growing,” he said
The executive said that in developed countries, some of the counterfeits are shoes, clothes and other brands but in Africa the counterfeits are basic things in demand like alcohol, juices, and water.
“Those are the products that are in demand generally and counterfeited in a big way because the sex industry is big,” he said.
He added: “Counterfeiting means the product has no active ingredient or little active ingredient, or end up putting excess ingredients…”
He said the vice thrives in Kenya because counterfeiting is run by big, moneyed people who have infiltrated the distribution chain.
