Authorities in Narok have arrested two men who were caught slaughtering dogs to prepare mutura and samosas.
Narrating how the two were discovered, a resident revealed they were alarmed by the cry of several dogs and decided to follow the trail.
"We were in my kiosk when we heard a dog wailing, the sound continued for long prompting another dog to go and look at why its mate was wailing".
"That second dog also disappeared, we only heard it wailing. I was concerned and sent someone to go and check, only to find these two here, with dog caucuses," an irate resident narrated.
The residents first thought that the dogs were being either assaulted or killed, their fears were confirmed when they found the suspects with the dog carcasses.
"I am not going to eat mutura again, if they are slaughtering dogs to make them, then I'll never eat them," another shocked resident declared.
Mutura is a Kenyan delicacy that has grown into the country's culture. It is a street food that Kenyans enjoy with tomato salad popularly know as kachumbari.
It is a fire-grilled African sausage made from goat and/or cow and/or lamb intestines sewn together and stuffed with a mixture bound by a mixture of minced meat, organ meat like tripe spices, and sometimes blood.
It is a popular street food in Kenya especially in urban areas like Nairobi where you can find it being grilled on makeshift grills along the streets, enticing passersby with its aromatic smoke.
The two suspects arrested in Narok have joined the list of many who have been arrested for using cat and dog meat to prepare it. In September 2017, a man was arrested in Eastleigh, Nairobi, for allegedly skinning cats and dogs and using the meat to make samosas and mutura.
In 2018, another man who sold cat meat to be made into samosas and mutura by unsuspecting food vendors for more than six years was jailed.
The suspect admitted slaughtering more than 1,000 cats and selling the meat to street food traders and hotels in Nakuru, Kenya’s fourth largest city, after identifying “a gap in the market”. Police saved him from an angry mob that was about to lynch him.
The main issue that Kenyans have been facing with this delicacy once dubbed as the 'king of the streets', is the authenticity of the meat used to make it.
Authorities have not issued any statements regarding the arrest.
