Nyandarua County Woman Representative Faith Gitau has called for concerted efforts to fight the sale and consumption of illicit brews and drugs especially among young people in Central Kenya.
She said there was a need to go for the source of the products to disable the supply chain saying this will help deal with the problem once and for all.
The MP lamented that many youth have been rendered cabbages and sick due to heavy consumption of the brews, noting that the trend sounds a death knell to the future generation.
She noted that she would be rallying behind Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in his war on the brew menace and also called on Kenyans to partner with government agencies in fighting the vice.
“We must fight those selling illicit brews in our region. We cannot allow our future generation to get lost. I welcome the deputy president’s directive of fighting the alcoholic menace and I want to also ask the Nyandarua governor to revoke and vet afresh liquor business operators so that we can fight this menace,” said Ms. Gitau.
She at the same time called on Nyandarua Governor Dr. Kiairie Badilisha to stop issuing of more licenses to businesspeople operating bars, wines and spirit outlets, saying that this is one of the steps to dealing with the problem.
She spoke at Mawingu and Mubau villages in Kipipiri constituency when she distributed relief food to hunger-stricken families in the area.
Residents claimed that chiefs and their assistants were aware of individuals involved in the illicit brew trade and now want the government to firmly deal with them.
Some lamented that their sons have been adversely affected by the vices which have also led to high poverty levels among families in the area as they spent family income to seek medical care.
Some are in dire need of rehabilitation but due to meagre resources their parents cannot afford the cost of the specialized treatment.
By Antony Mwangi
