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Why I quit alcohol when I became Security Principal Secretary

I have never drunk because I know that I am required to be very alert and keen at all times- Dr Karanja Kibicho Photo: Stanley Ongwae/Standard

Interior Principal Secretary, Dr Karanja Kibicho , has not touched alcohol since he was appointed to the Security docket that requires round-the-clock alertness. 

“I used to take alcohol moderately. But when I was appointed to this post (Security PS), I have never drunk because I know that I am required to be very alert and keen at all times,” said the mechanical engineer while addressing chiefs and their assistants from Nyamira County last week.

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