What health authorities had been told about Nairobi food

A nurse attends to a Cholera patient at the Cholera isolation ward at Kenyatta National Hospital. Photo: Willis Awandu, Standard

The Government had been warned of a developing food safety crisis in Nairobi as early as January.

In January, data on the safety of street foods in Nairobi had shown that one out of every three servings was contaminated with germs dangerous to human health.