Nairobi Governor’s move of spending sh 100m to kill stray dogs in the city has caused a stir among Kenyans online.
Many Kenyans now believe it is a just another plot of milking the taxpayers of their hard earned money.
County Director of Veterinary Services Dr Muriithi Muhari said there were more than 50,000 stray dogs every year in the city.
The dogs, he noted, caused disturbance to various business activities, interrupted people attending medical centres, markets and bit school going children and caused road accidents.The city, he said, was grappling with an influx of stray dogs, adding that 70 out of 85 county wards were hotspots.
However Kenyans were not ready to buy this;
@MikeSonko Give me a gun and several magazines together with a lorry to collect the carcasses..500k will be enough
— George Kim (@GeorgeK77328926) May 2, 2019
Corruption of the highest order…. kwani zinauliwa na jumbo jet🤷♂️
— BonTrek safaris. (@BonifaceKaran17) May 2, 2019
Corruption of the highest order…. kwani zinauliwa na jumbo jet🤷♂️
— BonTrek safaris. (@BonifaceKaran17) May 2, 2019
Destroying nature , killing God's creation unreasonably n getting paid❓.this must be a witchcraft on a high profile.. Its good b4 Man n God when anything is done in a friendly way.
— Peter kiriga (@peter_kiriga) May 2, 2019
This county has wise people who can decide a better way of dealing with this stray HUMAN PETS
Kwani mbwa wanauawa na dhahabu? These county governments are just money conduits for crooks. @MikeSonko need check this up & come out publicly with details.
— kab.kam (@speakkam) May 2, 2019
Misplaced priorities. Besides just because the dogs are stray it is wrong to assume they are illegal and sick. There are many cats too. Let nature balance itself. Everything is important in the eco system.
— Truth Only™⚪ (@OO7Berlin) May 2, 2019
Hiyo pesa yote ni ya nini, kwani wanapelekwa on holiday alafu wauliwe?
— Medhin Huqa. 🇪🇹🇰🇪 (@huqa_medhin) May 2, 2019
There are 4 subcounties in Nairobi and 85 wards..if they pick 100 men from every subcounty 400 young men each 200k is 80m , look at the big picture in a month 400 young people will have capital for businesses having eradicated a problem and saved 120m for the county
— Ruchathi Kims (@kimsmann) May 2, 2019
Some of those dogs can find owners,with the assistance of the @KSPCAKenya
— Raymond Ohalls (@raymond_ohalls) May 2, 2019
Not all strays are worth destruction.Easier to spay.
Instead of killing the stray dogs who not vaccinate them then let people adopt them? This is inhumane and wrong yes of public funds! While others are using canines to help visually impaired people improve mobility with guard dogs we want to kill the ones we have?
— Tabby Mwangi (@Redemee) May 2, 2019
Muriithi said they will “humanely” kill all stray dogs using a shot gun similar to the one used on cows so that the canines do not suffer.
“Shooting to kill stray dogs was even recommended by the World Health Organisation,” said Dr Muriithi.
The Sh100 million that will be mobilised, he explained, will finance purchase of shot guns, expand facilities for the animal accommodation, burial sites and incineration facilities.
Dr Muriithi, who spoke during a media breakfast organised by World Animal Protection at a Nairobi hotel, noted that every year more than 6,000 cases of dog bites and injuries are reported.
Between last year and this year, five cases of rabies deaths were reported.
Currently, there is a shift in animal protection through the Nairobi County Dog Control and Welfare Act of 2015 whose whose provisions are being enforced.