DCI Cracks Whip on KEBS Over Expired Diapers

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations summoned Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) officials and the owner of a godown after the recovery of expired baby diapers.

On Friday, sleuths nabbed employees of the Mlolongo godown repackaging and rebranding the diapers to hide the real expiry dates.

After realising they were busted, they tried to conceal the crime and interference from the owner of the godown.

DCI boss George Kinoti then directed Parklands DCIO David Chebii to take over the probe.

Kinoti noted that the diapers were being repackaged so that buyers could not find out that they had expired terming their actions as harmful to innocent children.

Six workers found repackaging the merchandise at the Eens Godown were arrested but detectives stated that they were trying to ascertain if the godown had any links with a leading haulage company.

Police were compelled to break into the warehouse after the owner failed to show up and the items were later taken to the DCI offices on Kiambu Road in Nairobi.

DCIO Chebii stated that the diapers, which were originally from China had expired last year but the employees were fixing fraudulent Kebs stickers on the bales and packets in order to conceal the expiry dates.

The workers also replaced the logo of the initial company of the diapers from Fujian Hanhe Sanitary Products Company Limited to Eeze Life Products Limited.

The workers added a Kebs logo on the diapers but it was not clear where they got the logos which mirrored the original ones.

The DCI sent agents to Mombasa and Athi River to investigate how the products entered the market without being detected. 

Notably, the sleuths suspect a conspiracy between illegal importers and Kebs employees at the Port of Mombasa.

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