Kenya: Government Gives Official Illicit Brew Death Toll

The Interior ministry says 70 people have died and 181 others remain hospitalized after drinking illicit brew in 5 counties. Chiefs and their assistants in the affected areas have been interdicted while action awaits officers from the Administration and Regular police. Meanwhile, aid agencies continue searching for relatives of unidentified victims. Here is Fred Majiwa from St John's Ambulance.

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