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More curbs for bars as festive season kicks in

Music artiste Jua Cali entertains revellers at a club in Nairobi on Saturday. [David Gichuru/ Standard]

Gone is the dancing and the partying that accompanies the season known for its carousal festivity; that is if bar owners fully adopt the new guidelines that the government has mooted to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. The new guidelines announced yesterday by the Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development have declared dance floors closed.

They have also clarified new restrictions on the sale and consumption of alcohol. In a statement, Ministry of Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary Betty Maina said any physical activity that facilitates physical contact between partakers in an alcohol selling establishment has been banned.

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