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State health agencies confirm soda failed tests

The perimeter fence of Equator Coca Cola Bottlers in Kisumu. [Photo: Courtesy]

The Director of Public Health Kepha Ombacho has told the court that foreign bodies were found inside a bottle of soda that was taken for analysis in the government chemist following a complaint from a Funyula resident.

Mr Ombacho was testifying in a case where 60 Busia locals have sued the Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Central, East and West Africa and Equator Bottlers as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants respectively at the Busia High Court.

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