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Chief claims illicit brews over, drunk locals protest

Containers of illicit brew on a manmade island in Lake Victoria. [James Omoro, Standard]

Somewhere in Turi, Molo, Assistant Chief Jane Wangui addressed journos, seeking to highlight her success in curbing sale of illicit brews.

“Huku hatuna pombe,” she said in her opening statement, upon which boda boda operators who surrounded her responded, almost spontaneously: “Pombe ni mingi!” Chief Wangui put her hands behind her, lifted her face and shut her eyes.

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