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Mathira MP orders bars in Karatina to reopen as war with Gachagua escalates

Mathira MP Eric Wamumbi. [File, Standard]

The fight against illicit brew in Nyeri county has taken a political angle after Mathira MP Eric Wamumbi directed bars closed four months ago to reopen.

During a meeting with bar owners in Karatina town, Wamumbi said he has been on the frontline fighting illicit brew and the bar owners are not selling the poisonous alcohol.

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