A car transporting suspected donkey meat to Nairobi has crashed in Mai Mahiu along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.

According to police, the car was traveling to Nairobi on Tuesday when it rolled on the highway, injuring one person, who is believed to be the driver.

Further, they said the driver was receiving medical attention at a Tigoni hospital under their watch pending further investigations.

“The car got into an accident where it rolled and injured one occupant who we suspect to be the driver, who is now hospitalized in Tigoni hospital being guarded pending investigations. He will be arraigned before court for ferrying uninspected meat which is highly suspected to be a donkey meat.”

Despite licensing four donkey abattoirs in 2016, the trade in donkey meat and hide remained an unpopular choice, and its uptake remained low.

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Bans imposed to reduce the selling of uninspected meat have preserved its trade.

In May, the High Court of 2021 removed a ban on the slaughter of donkeys, ruling that the State had failed to provide a convincing argument for why the ban should be maintained.