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After a huge public outcry, an advertising company has been compelled to bring down a billboard in Nairobi over explicit content.
The public had complained that the billboard was too obscene in advertising a condom brand.
It had been mounted near T-Mall on Langata Road and caused a stir as the general public felt it carried an offensive message.
The advert displayed a man with a well-toned body and hands of a woman on his chest.
The message on it ran: “Ni poa dame akicome first”, something observers also complained about.
After the complains, Nairobi county's Planning Chief Officer Justus Kathenge requested the advertising company to pull down the advert due to its offensive message.
“We received complains from the public. Since we regulate billboards when the public perception on messages they carry does not go down well, we advise for their removal,” he said.