The government has finally suspended licenses for all manufacturers of second-generation alcohol with immediate effect, following discovery of the poison being distributed in the rural areas.
Liquor outlets, bars and wines and spirits joints within the residential areas and near schools were ordered closed with immediate effect.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki issued the orders to suspend the licenses, demanding the proprietors to make fresh applications for new licenses.
He said the government will win the war against the illicit brews blamed on deaths of the innocent Kenyans.
“Under section 4(2) k of Preservation of Public Security Act, all licenses and certification permits for second-generation alcohol and alcoholic beverage distillers and manufacturers, issued by Kenya Revenue Authority and Kenya Bureau of Standards stand suspended with immediate effect,” he announced.
The CS directed for the fresh vetting of all existing valid licenses within 21 days.
“All valid licences will be vetted afresh within twenty-one days,” ordered the CS.