The Ministry of Interior and National Administration has nabbed more illicit brew compared with its predecessor’s average annual nettings.
The crackdown ordered by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki saw a record 1.7 million litres of unregulated brews destroyed.
This is 700,000 more than the Jubilee administration’s annual average nettings of one million litres in the period from 2020 through to last year.
In 2020, the President’s State of national security report showed that the state netted a total of 1,002,157 litres of illicit brew.
The report showed that the collection was an increase of 10.4 percent compared with the previous year – 2019.
The Ministry further reported that it had netted drugs worth millions of shillings in the intensified crackdown Kindiki ordered in February.
“We will not relent in the war on illicit liquor and drugs and I am fully committed to ending the menace that has left most families in the Central Kenya region in pain,” said Kindiki at the start of the crackdown.
He listed drugs, terrorism, illegal drinks, and banditry in the northern part of the country as serious threats to Kenya’s stability.
To join in the fight against illicit brew, Members of County Assemblies from Central Kenya region have formed a 20-member committee to lead in formulation of stringent laws to regulate the sale of alcohol in the region.
This was after Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua held consultations with MCAs from the five counties on Friday, on how to end the illicit brew menace in the region.
The counties include; Murang’a, Kiambu, Nyeri, Nyandarua and Kirinyaga.
The MCAs met the DP at his Iruri home in Mathira, Nyeri County.
The 20-member committee is expected to hold its first meeting on Thursday next week for consultation with legal experts, where they will be joined by the National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Inchung’wa.
A bill for the five counties will be drafted. The bill will be subjected to public participation and County Assembly plenaries as per the procedure before adoption.
