Over 100 administrators fired over illicit brew

The government has sacked 99 chiefs, 5 OCPDs and 7 OCS’ over links to illicit brew.

Interior Security Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaiserry has said 20,000 suspects have also been arrested since the presidential declaration on the war against illicit brew was made.

Speaking to the media on Tuesday evening at Harambee House, Nkaiserry announced that over 16 million liters of illicit brew and hundreds of illegal drinking dens have been destroyed since the campaign started two weeks ago.

The CS issued stern warning to all those who are still doing the illegal business which has claimed hundreds of lives in the last four years.

Nkaissery had earlier put all chiefs, assistant chiefs and security officials on notice in the fight against illicit brew.

Speaking during a fact-finding mission in areas notorious for illicit liquor and second-generation brews, Nkaissery said that security personnel should be on the forefront in implementing the president’s directive to root out illegal alcohol.

He warned that any officers who had not joined efforts to end the sale and consumption of illicit liquor and second-generation brews would face the sack.

OFFICERS WILL BE SACKED

The CS also warned that any officer whose area of jurisdiction was found with illicit brew would be sacked.

He reassured the security officials of government support in eradicating the vice, saying the government will provide motorbikes by September to ensure efficiency in traversing their areas of jurisdiction.

The operation against illicit liquor and second-generation alcohol began on Thursday, a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta met legislators from Central Kenya at State House in Nairobi.

In his pronouncement during the meeting, President Kenyatta banned the sale of second-generation liquor and ordered an immediate crackdown to tame the sale of illicit brew in the region.

The announcement was followed by Nkaissery’s ban on second-generation brews in the country in what sparked a massive crackdown countrywide.

In order to tame the wanton destruction of property and looting that infiltrated the operation; President Kenyatta on Sunday ordered leaders not to allow hooliganism taint the campaign.