The Pharmacy and Poison Board has raised concern that many pharmacies are selling medicine which was supposed to be given freely to patients.
Most of such pharmacies are also operating illegally and have no professional pharmacists. This comes after more than 20 pharmacy operators were arrested in Kayole. The pharmacists were found selling medicine meant for government hospitals and pharmacies whereas, the pharmacy operators had no legal documents needed for one to run the pharmacy.
Speaking in Kayole, the department of goods and distribution head, Samuel Kerama, urged the public to check where they buy medicine. Counterfeit medicine cases have become rampant in the country. Some Kenyatta University students said counterfeit medicines are being sold all over. They raised concern over the counterfeit emergency pills.
One of the university students, Anne Gakua, said she has seen some of her classmates conceive yet they said they took an emergency pill.
''The government should carry out a crackdown all over the country. This counterfeit medicine is a threat to the human life,'' she said.
In August 2015, the pharmaceutical industry stakeholders complained of the competition from the producers of counterfeit medicine. They said more than 30% of medicines sold in pharmacies were counterfeit and a threat to human beings.