Ban on shisha takes effect in Kenya as Sri Lanka amends 60-year-old law to allow its women drink alcohol

Sri Lanka is amending its law to allow women take alcohol. In Kenya, the government has banned shisha. Photo|Courtesy

In over 60 years, women in Sri Lanka were not allowed to legally buy alcohol.

The government has, however, said that it is amending the 1955 law that prohibited women from buying alcohol terming it discriminatory.