Nyeri bar owners write to Gachagua over issuance of trade licences

Ruiru MP Esther Gathogo helps to burn second-generation alcohol. Bar owners in Nyeri have petitioned Governor Nderitu Gachagua over licensing of bars. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

KENYA: Just recently there was a unique flexing of muscle at Wamagana Trading Centre in Tetu constituency.

A group of elderly women tired of 'baby sitting' their husbands for their irritating drunken behaviour had converged to demand the closure and reduction of alcohol outlets in the area.