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Beer makers and bar owners celebrate after crackdown on illicit brews in central Kenya

Ruiru MP Esther Gathogo (holding a stick) helps in burning illicit alcohol that was impounded during a past crackdown. PHOTO: KAMAU MAICHUHIE.

MURANG’A: Beer distributors and bar owners in parts of central Kenya are celebrating the fruits of the recent crackdown on illicit brew in the area.

The crackdown that was aimed to tame the deeply entrenched illicit brew menace in the region was as a result of a directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta mid last year.

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