'Even if they shut down all these bars, we will still drink.' Kenya’s deputy president wants to to enforce a one pub per town policy in the country’s central region. But is this the best solution to address the problem of alcoholism in the region?
Kenya's deputy president has tried to take a radical step to reduce alcohol abuse in the country's central region by saying that county governments should only allow one pub per town, but not everyone is convinced that this is a good plan.
It is places like these that are the target of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's ire. In January, he said that the number of bars and restaurants allowed to operate in each town should be limited to just one."If small bars like this are closed down, more people like me will resort to going down the river to get changaa [the local traditional brew]," Mr Ngugi says.
"[County] governors must make a decision, that in the pursuit of generating revenue, licensing every kiosk, every outlet to be a bar and restaurant, is a way of destroying an entire generation and that is not right," he said.You won't see many young people with girlfriends, or with families. All they do is wake up and go to bars to drink"She says she lost her husband to alcoholism. Three of her children, including her daughter, are all battling dependency.
"How are we going to get grandchildren if our own children have abandoned their wives, have no desire for sex and only drink and sleep all day?" she asks.The central government wants all places where drinks are available to be limited to selling alcohol between 17:00 and midnight.
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