In Kenya the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya estimates that 30% of all medicines sold are counterfeit, or substandard with anti-malaria and antibiotics being the most commonly falsified drugs. BBC’s Life Clinic explores how counterfeit drugs are making their way into the Kenyan market with potentially fatal consequences. The worldwide trade in fake drugs is now a 30 billion dollar industry according to WHO, a figure that has nearly tripled in the last five years.
Importation of fake drugs is a multi-billion Kenya shillings business. It’s as thick as Waiguru’s thighs and it goes up to the highest office in this country. It’s corruption that you cannot fight! Those guys are just harassing the poor girl from PPB. She’s powerless! The real deal is with senior officials in the ministry of health. Unfortunately, distribution of fake drugs is a ticking time bomb. One day it’s gonna explode. No one is going to be spared.