The Kenya Revenue Authority will on Monday next week destroy unclaimed goods across five stations in Rift Valley.
In a notice, the taxman said the goods will be disposed of unless owners claim them at their Customs warehouses in Eldoret, Nakuru, Lodwar, Lokichoggio and Suam stations.
Customs and Border Control chief manager in the Rift Valley region John Gathatwa said in a gazette notice dated April 20 that the disposal is pursuant to provisions of sections 42 and 248 of the East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004.
"Notice is given that unless the under-mentioned goods are entered and removed from the custody of the Customs Warehouse Keeper, Eldoret, Nakuru, Lodwar, Lokichoggio and Suam within thirty (30) days of this notice, they will be treated as abandoned and will be disposed of by destruction or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Commissioner may direct on 22nd May 2022," Gathatwa said.
Among the goods to be destroyed are sex toys comprising of male sex organs better known as dildos, panty vibrators, toy guns, used innerwear and handcuffs.
Also lined up for destruction are shisha apparatus and flavours, a variety of locally manufactured beer brands, car tyres, assorted medicine, assorted tobacco brands, bedsheets, body lotion and seeds.
Other goods are sugar, powdered milk, radio communication equipment, radio parts, a Hilux pickup, a Mitsubishi Colt, military garments, cartons of wine, drones, bras and empty beer crates.
The notice showed that some of the goods have been in the Customs warehouses for years, dating back as far as 2016.
