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Nacada plans to sue 21 alcohol firms

The National Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) will prosecute 21 alcohol manufacturers that presented fake quality licences two months ago in order to continue with operations.

The agency's chairman John Mututho told The Standard the firms presented it the bogus quality certificates during a verification exercise to purge out manufacturers of unfit alcohol and spirits, following the deaths of 68 people who had consumed alcohol laced with methanol.

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