and which country might you be from? Kenyans can opt to drink in the confines of their homes (it may just be less fun)

You missing the point: what I mean is GoK proposes to benefit from EABL through the budget, and then later, implelments the "Alcohol Law"...why should GoK counter it's initial plans?

And whatever happened to Tusker cans? They have been out stock for a while now at nakumatt.....

I always have a ka-quarter in the car for incidents like this.

I'm not sure if government should police my throat.

The label if-by-whiskey refers to a 1952 speech by Noah S. "Soggy" Sweat, Jr., a young lawmaker from the U.S. state of Mississippi, on the subject of whether Mississippi should continue to prohibit (which it did until 1966) or finally legalize alcoholic beverages:

My friends, I had not intended to discuss this controversial subject at this particular time. However, I want you to know that I do not shun controversy. On the contrary, I will take a stand on any issue at any time, regardless of how fraught with controversy it might be. You have asked me how I feel about whiskey. All right, here is how I feel about whiskey:

If when you say whiskey you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster, that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean the evil drink that topples the Christian man and woman from the pinnacle of righteous, gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation, and despair, and shame and helplessness, and hopelessness, then certainly I am against it.

But, if when you say whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and laughter on their lips, and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman's step on a frosty, crispy morning; if you mean the drink which enables a man to magnify his joy, and his happiness, and to forget, if only for a little while, life's great tragedies, and heartaches, and sorrows; if you mean that drink, the sale of which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars, which are used to provide tender care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitiful aged and infirm; to build highways and hospitals and schools, then certainly I am for it.

This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise

That Kenya is becoming something else. When am thinking of coming back home knowing that I"ll not be working for the rest of my life, thats when they decide to bring up this shitty ass rule?? This is ridiculous.

@MatataMingi, Are you sure the Hotel people are not confused, I stand corrected, but my understanding was that it is the Bars that have to remain closed until 5.00pm (hence can't sell beer) however, if you are having lunch at a restuarant, then you can surely have your meal with a beer/wine within the designated lunch hours.

Surely the spirit of the law should restrict itself to licencing and not to taking away the rights of individuals to choose what they consume. If the new law restricts one to taking your mid-day meal with a soft drink, then it is indeed a silly law and I don't support it.

Try telling that to a policeman. This is Kenya

TRhis is BS! Kwani we are in China or a fre@@4%^&^ Arab country! hOW WILL BANNING ME FROM HAVING A BEER WITH MY LUCH SAVE THOSE MEN WHO ARE DRINKING CHANG'AA IN THE VILLAGE at any time!!! Crap! Very reatarded law. Crap! I would say more but Im too pissed to be eloquent enough!!!!!

Saw that naivasha pig on churchill. It wants us to lead its pathetic white collar life, thus colonizing us n curtailing our freedom....it should be whipped. This lousy law reminds me of Shamba la wanyake n the ridiculous rules

I bet and teach your kids your alcoholic ways!!!!