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Incase you are planning on visiting Kenya this Christmas period, this information wil benfit you if you drinking alcohol.
According to Daily Nation
If you are planning to throw a bash, right within your own compound for friends or relatives, then you will have to pay the government Sh1,000($10) for it — and obtain a licence.
Motorists carrying soft drinks such as sodas and water will be subjected to impromptu checks on roads to confirm if they are carrying alcohol in the containers instead. Sniffer dogs have been dispatched to various police stations countrywide in the new set of rules the National Authority for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada) is set to be implement “anytime from now”.
Only after paying the Sh1,000 will anyone be allowed to take any alcoholic drink in their homesteads in the new rules Nacada chairman John Mututho says are meant to control drug and substance abuse.
Those caught up in breach of the new laws will be required to part with fines ranging between Sh30,000 and Sh100,000, he said.
Mr Mututho told the Nation that the agency had directed all the 47 county regional managers to implement the new regulations that were approved at a meeting with key players in Naivasha last week.
According to Mr Mututho, the new rules will apply to all parts of the country, including villages. Mr Mututho said the agency was determined to control partying up to December 31.
“Even if you will be sitting under a tree in your home village, that licence will be mandatory and you therefore must notify the police,” said Mr Mututho, adding that the new regulations will be advertised in all media platforms as the celebrations kick off.
“We bought undercover vehicles that will go to the nook and cranny of Malindi or any village,” the former Naivasha MP said. “We are determined to ensure the law is followed.”
He said motorists have been carrying alcoholic drinks in water bottles. Among other things in the forthcoming regulations is the requirement that all wines and spirits selling outlets not host revellers who want to take the spirits within the premises.
The shops will have to do away with any sitting places or forms of entertainment within their vicinity. “We will arrest anybody who will be caught drinking outside a wines and spirits shop,” said Mututho.
At the same time, Nacada has said that out of over 30,000 wines and spirits outlets in Nairobi, over 20,000 of these are operating illegally without licences.
“We have identified the hotspots for the illegal operators and we will be closing most of these in the next few days,” noted the authority’s chairman. Wines and spirits shops will be required to close up to 5 pm on weekdays and 2pm over the weekends.
Members’ clubs which were initially privileged drinking places have also been roped in — they will also have to follow the rules, and will be required to only operate after five on weekdays and from 2pm on weekends.
Bars and restaurants selling alcoholic drinks will be required to submit samples of their drinks to the authority for testing to ascertain whether they are fit for human consumption.
Mr Mututho said all alcoholic drinks manufacturers will submit two samples of each of their products for laboratory testing to ensure that contents are fit for humans.
“We have identified the government chemist for this exercise and we will be testing a sample of each of the drinks locally, he said. “Another sample will be submitted to an internationally recognised testing units.”
Out of Sh240 billion spent by the youth in buying leisure — including sex — a whooping Sh120 billion or 50 per cent goes to alcohol and drugs, Mr Mututho said.
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Good way to generate more money for the government because kenyans are full of drunk people.
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