In a Kenyan town, donkey owners are up in arms after officials ordered their animals to wear nappies.BBC reports that the local council in Limuru said the measure was needed to keep the town's streets clean. But adverse press coverage and outrage from the town's residents has led the authority to put its plans on hold. One donkey owner said, "If we have to put nappies on our donkeys, soon they will say our cows need them too." "Donkeys are very important. Not many people have cars in the area and the donkeys serve as a mode of transport," another donkey owner, Kimani Gathugu, says. And water trader Simon Kamau, who uses donkeys to transport water to his clients, added: "The problem is that the donkey can give you a fatal kick. I was once kicked by a donkey and it broke my leg."What the council should do is come to us traders and show us how to tie the nappies on the donkeys. "But Limuru's mayor, James Kuria, seems determined to push on with his plan. "I have heard that in some areas where they keep donkeys, they also have nappies," he said."We will go to these areas and see how they do it and come back and show our people how to do it. We want the people to earn a living but at the same time we must keep our town clean." MagazineLane.com
