Kenyan government has shut down 9500 unlicensed bars after nationwide crack down to curb use of illicit brew and drugs.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said most clubs and bars selling alcohol are located near education institutions and have also been shut down and license cancelled.
Another 12 distilleries that were operating outside the law manufacturing harmful alcoholic drinks cross the country drinks were also shut down.
“The Alcoholic Drinks Control Act prohibits selling of alcohol whether licensed or not within 300 meters to a basic learning institution to save our children the menace of influence and exposure into alcohol and other substances at an early age,” Stated Kindiki.
“We are not going to allow those premises to resume that illegal activity the crackdown and enforcement measures program continues. I have said we have a 25-point plan to deal with this problem.”
The CS Kithure Kindiki further added 300 chemists were closed which have been dispensing drug prescription illegally.
Also 290 agrovets were shut down after it was found out some animal feeds are being used to make narcotics.
