Alcoholism in Central Kenya is a big problem. I however object to the Embakasi style way of dealing with the problem that has been initiated by Waititu and now appears to enjoy presidential sanction. Small licensed businesses that deal in liquor are being looted and vandalized in the name fighting against alcoholism. The high unemployment rate in Central cannot be dealt with by just closing down drinking joints in fact I argue it might have a counterproductive effect. People will be forced to choose between having thugs in their neigbourhoods or having drunkards.

Mnataka ngeta ama ulevi.

President mwenyewe ni wamunyota so he cant close all the nyotaring joints.

I may not agree with his style but obviously there is a problem that needs to be solved.

Am told even Moi had to take drastic and unconventional measures to bring Kales to their senses on alcohol issues.They would drink from dawn to dusk tena both parents.

There is a generation lost in Central and that needs to be corrected for future generations.

We have perfected the art and science of deception. We make laws for everything including how to be within the law while killing people. No mention of the "business men and women" who brew the lethal liquids. Ati they are "legit" and the effects are all too clear to see. unless the lords of death and poverty are dealt with no amount of talking will save Central.

I wonder why people think those guys drink because they are unemployed. Just the other day we were watching a certain lawyer from Othaya who was picking tea simply because he couldn't keep a job due to alcoholism. Every time you go to the village, you will meet very many young people who have abandoned their once well-doing horticultural activities and they currently even stand straight on their legs, they are always staggering. There is this guy who used to employ us in his shamba when we were young and he was the mdosi of the village until the cheap liqour got the better of him. Right now he is in the line-up of those asking you for 20bob to buy some cheap brew. I know another who was running a very well doing wholesale shop and right now he cant even afford a meal. Same problem. These men are no longer able to wake up early and deliver milk at the collection points because they will be too drunk at 6am to milk and deliver. Their fathers, or mothers just in case even the father is part of the drinking spree, will employ a Bukusu guy from Western as "mundu wa ng'ombe" to look after the cows as they watch their sons wear out slowly, starting with teeth. The few "lucky" ones who had married before they were destroyed will have their wives do the whole job, only for them to cause chaos on the pay day about "pesa ya ng'ombe 'zangu' lazima nipewe". Mark you they will still take the whole of "pesa zangu" to the filthy dark dens. Wasn't it in the News just the other day when a Chemistry teacher and a Sub-chief were among men who died from those things? In my honest opinion, its not poverty that is pushing people to these things, its these things that are pushing people to poverty. Someone needs to pay a visit to these villages to understand the gravity of this matter. Even if "employment" was to be ditched out through ATMs like money, I wonder how many of those young men will be able to do any work. Iko shida kubwa sana huko.

@Admin pls merge the two threads on same

In central Kenya after work/school there is nothing to do. People don't take part in sports or arts.
This leaves much idle time where they venture into drinking dens which takes over their lives especially after high school.
Drinking is the only pastime for most people in the area.

The issue here is about illicit brews laced with methanol and other impurities.

Watu wa Keg, if you drink at the stipulated times, hakuna noma.

I don't think there is a family in Central (nuclear or extended) that doesn't have a member who has alcoholic addiction. The health and social complications are there for all to see.

Multiple interventions are needed here to come up with long-term solutions.

Is It prevalent In Central Only?

There is no place in the country that I go to and don't find them drunkards..disaster.

I believe it appears more pronounced in Central than other areas due to it being more reported there-..and yes, plus the women folk are making lots of noise about it.

I believe the problem needs urgent tackling in every village of this great republic

@Bykhovets hata hizo guys are misusing sana...we should throughly ensure no drinking takes place till atleast 3,no bar should be opened.