Kenya sniffer dogs cause a stir online after failing to detect illicit goods
Something was a miss during the sniffing exercise
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The dogs, from the Kenya Revenue Authority's K-9 dog unit, couldn't sniff for illicit goods at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
KRA officials blamed the blunder on the animals' "young age" and other factors.
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The failed tests drew sharp reactions from social media seeing that it costs the taxpayer at least Sh60,000 ($600) a month to feed the sniffer dogs.
A section of Kenyans, on the other hand, mocked the botched exercise:
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