- The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) said Thursday that it was yet to establish the contents of the brew.
- It has urged the public to avoid consuming alcohol whose quality cannot be verified.
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The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has launched investigations into the killer brew that claimed the lives of at least 13 people in Kirinyaga.
This is even as it called for the prosecution of government officials who allegedly failed in their mandate to safeguard the lives of Kenyans.
KNCHR commissioner Marion Mutugi said Thursday they are collecting data from the ground to establish what led to the deaths noting that government officials should be held responsible.
“We want action to be taken against any government official that slept on their job. We cannot afford to lose lives in such a manner,” she said.
Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has kicked off an investigation into the Kangai killer's liquor which has led to the death of over ten people leaving others without eyesight.
Expressing her concerns about the incident, Mutugi said it was saddening that the suspect has been operating two bars at Kangai and Kandongu trading centres without licences.
She further argued that one of the clubs is less than a kilometre from the Deputy county commissioner’s office.
“The area has chiefs, assistant chiefs and village elders but the trader has been operating freely,” she said.
Mutugi noted that they will also investigate how the suspect who has been arrested several times but has been released could still be allowed to run such a business in the area.
As a commission, she noted, they will continue to safeguard the consumer rights and rights to health calling on government agencies to deal firmly with those selling poisonous liquor to Kenyans.
Some five others are said to have gone partially blind after consuming the illicit liquor in Kangai village, Mwea East.
The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) said Thursday that it was yet to establish the contents of the brew.
The agency also urged the public to avoid consuming alcohol whose quality cannot be verified as investigative agencies try to unravel the content and source of the killer brew.
“From preliminary reports, the deaths occurred as a result of consumption of an unidentified substance whose contents are yet to be established,” said the authority's Chief Executive Officer Anthony Omerikwa.