Agencies blamed for alcohol deaths

Police officers and local administrators of Birongo village in Kisii County, pour out illicit liquor during the ongoing crackdown on second generation alcohol in the county Friday. The woman suspected to be the owner of the brew slipped the police dragnet and is still at large. [PHOTO: DENISH OCHIEN’G/STANDARD]

One thing puzzling Kenyans since President Uhuru Kenyatta’s call on the crackdown of illicit alcohol is the move by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) to almost immediately suspend 385 alcoholic brands.

Why did they certify them in the first place?