Kenya: Radical Measures Needed to Halt Alcohol-Linked Deaths

The country has witnessed yet more fatalities due to alcohol as more than 20 people died from taking illicit brews in Rift Valley. To make even this more than a grave matter, a Form One student from Uasin Gishu County died while a Form Two student was admitted to hospital in Nyeri County after taking a toxic brew.

We have learnt that at least 78 manufacturing lines of alcoholic beverages have now been closed down following the scores of deaths occasioned by consumption of drinks laced with methanol.

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