Coronavirus: Kenyan community forced to wear panties as face masks after being duped

Residents of Murang’a, a town in Muranga County of Kenya have been forced to wear female panties cut out to look like a face masks after they were allegedly duped by traders who sell face masks.

Speaking to a popular TV in Kenya, INOOROTV, some of the residents said they had been lured into buying the masks by their low cost.

Panties cut out to look like face masks

The flimsy mask costs a paltry Ksh.20 each with residents saying they only realized they were wearing panties long after they had bought the masks.

Kenyan wearing panties as face mask

Worried and concerned that the masks may not be protecting them from the pandemic coronavirus, the residents have asked the government to supply them with the appropriate masks.

This is coming after the Kenya government ordered all Kenyans to wear face masks at all times while in public.

At the same time, the government said any supermarket found serving customers who are not in the protective masks would be closed down.

The same directive was extended to the transport sector where Kenyans are required to be in masks everytime during their journeys.