KEBs suspends licences for 385 alcoholic drinks

Crates of second generation  liqour worth over Sh2 million lying under a 24 hour armed guard  at a factory in Kianyaga  Market, Kirinyaga County which could not be  disposed  of after environmental issues arose on Friday evening. (Photo: Munene Kamau/Standard)

Kenya: The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has suspended licences for 385 alcoholic brands in the country in the ongoing clampdown on illegal brew.

The countrywide operation to tame consumption of second generation brew was ordered by President Uhuru Kenyatta following rising cases of alcoholism and related deaths.