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What new alcohol laws mean for Kenyan youth

A man sitting drinking alcohol. [Courtesy/GettyImages]

If you are under 21, the government wants you nowhere near a bottle of alcohol, not in the bar, not even in a wines and spirit shop where it is sold.

That is one of the proposals outlined in a policy document spearheaded by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA), a policy that could drastically reshape the alcohol landscape in the country.

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