Declare alcohol abuse a national disaster to save our youth

This has been another sad week as more than 20 people died from taking illicit brews in Rift Valley. To make it more grave, a Form One student from Uasin Gishu County died while a Form Two student was admitted to hospital in Nyeri County after consuming a toxic brew.

This is the same week we learnt that at least 78 manufacturing lines of alcoholic beverages have been closed down following the scores of deaths occasioned by consumption of drinks laced with methanol.