South Korean President Park Geun-hye has landed in unprecedented trouble after her office was found to have purchased over 300 hundred viagra pills during her visit to Kenya in May this year. The allegations against the Ms Gyen-hye were first made by a top opposition leader in South Korea and later confirmed by the President’s aides. The presidency justified the purchase of the 360 blue pills, claiming that they were meant to treat altitude sickness for presidential aides and employees on the South Korean leader’s trips to Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya, whose capitals are thousands of metres above sea level. A Spokesman from the Blue House (the president’s formal residence equivalent to Kenya’s State House) assured that none of the pills had been used during the historic visit. The Guardian reported that South Korean doctors sometimes prescribe Viagra-style drugs to climbers because they are believed to be effective in preventing altitude sickness. The Viagra scandal has served to enhance the political pressure Geun-hye has been facing in recent days over allegations of manipulating government affairs to amass a personal and illicit fortune. During her visit to Kenya, the South Korean leader had a successful state visit that saw the two countries sign several trade deals in the science and technology sectors. Her visit had come at a time when President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition Chief Raila Odinga were undergoing a politically tense period. President Kenyatta used her visit to diffuse the tension after he invited Odinga and other opposition leaders to attend a state banquet held in Geun-hye’s honour.
