Heady times as gin revolution sweeps Kenya

Analysts attribute the prodigious consumption of spirits to a growing middle class with a taste for finer things, including whiskey and rum, improved earnings, as well as a lifestyle change. [Courtesy]

In October last year, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) sent out a terse notice that it was going to auction 10 containers of Tuborg beer that had been dumped in its warehouse in 30 days.

The owners of the cargo were King Beverage Ltd, the franchise that also distributes Carlsberg beer throughout the East African region.