Honestly if you start drinking at 2pm on a weekday, whether on leave or otherwise you need to get a life period!!!

There was a time "Sabina Joy" was in the news - 'investigative' journalism. Apparently, the pub/club/or whatever it is had not be closed even for a single minute in more than 10 years [as per the time the article was being done]. The article stated that it had customers through out - with some arriving as the rest are leaving - even at 5:00 am! Waiters and cashiers change shifts as people are drinking. Cleaning? The bar is not closed for cleaning! People are advised to move to one part of the bar as the other is being cleaned and then they move again...

I don't know how accurate the story was, if the same was happening until recently and how the Mututho laws affected this. Here we need a person with first hand experience. @guka?

I can't agree more!!!

I agree with you that people should work hard to make their lives better and also contribute to the economy of our country. I also agree with you that very many Kenyan men are wasting away due to alcoholism and are becoming a burden to the rest of us and the economy instead of being a resource. But that is as far as my agreement with you goes!

Kenya is not a nanny state and we should not seek to make it one! No one should decide what time I should drink or do any other thing - provided it is legal! What else are we going to legislate? What time I go to bed? eat? take a shower? How many hours I should sleep?

Example: Let say I develop applications - work group computing - or I manage systems - remotely - in a country in a different time zone. I therefore "report to work" at 12:00am and "leave" at 9:00 am. What time should I drink? Should anyone decide for me?

Example 2: I use my brains and therefore my money works harder for me than I work for it. This means I need 2 hours tops for work - and still make far much more than your average Kenyan. Should someone regulate how I spend the rest of the day - a whole 22 hours.

Example 3: I am a broker, importer or whatever. I meet my clients in bars - last time I checked that was not illegal. That's my niche. I leave the 'suits' to other brokers/importers etc. Should some legislate that?

I can go on forever...

The spirit [no pun intended] might be okay but the approach is totally wrong. Educate, advice, support etc. Don't legislate. My two Zim cents!

So jailing poor kenyans for 18 months is supposed to take people to heaven how?

Bure kabisa law.