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State barred from closing down bars operating legally

Kiambu County Commissioner has been restrained from closing bars where proper inspections have not been conducted to establish if they are selling prohibited liquor.

Justice George Odunga ordered the county commissioner and his agents to stop closing down bars without first ascertaining if they were selling illicit brews following an urgent application by bar operators from Uthiru and Gitaru.

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