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Women’s fury as brews kill their men

Women in a Kiambu village are concerned that the number of males in the area is on the decline and they blame killer brews.

The women in Banana Village said men and youth have been seriously affected by the cheap brews manufactured in the area.

They voiced their concern two days after more than 10 people died after taking liquor known as Miti ni Dawa at the weekend. (READ: Relatives’ last moments with killer brew victims)

“Enough is enough! Were are not going to sit down and watch our male children dying. The administration is doing very little. We will take the law in our hands,” said Ms Joyce Wanjiku.

She said that apart from the recent reported deaths of 13 villagers, several other people had died after taking the brews, but their deaths were not reported.

“At least one person dies every week due to brew-related complications, but they are never reported. We have no men here; they have no strength to work any more and even never meet their marital responsibilities,” Ms Wanjiku said.

Twenty seven-year-old Mwihaki Karanja said her husband died two years ago after consuming liquor, leaving her to take care of three children alone.

“I feel much pain that I was left by my husband at this very young age. It would be understandable had he died of an accident or of normal illness, but not brew related complications,” Ms Karanja said.

In Banana, women say the Mututho Law is virtually unknown as men start drinking from as early as 7am.

“We have no Mututho Law. At sunrise, you find men drunk, yet the law states that bars should open from 5 to 11pm on weekdays,” said Ms Joan Mukami.

And Ms Sarah Wambui, who lost her nephew in the recent tragedy, appealed to the government to enforce the laws and ensure alcohol is fit for human consumption.

“The government has the power to ban all cheap and harmful drinks; they are a danger to our generation.”

She accused the administration of doing very little to maintain the Mututho law, adding that it was a shame that leaders took action after things had already gone wrong.

“We saw leaders ordering the bars to be closed, but should they always wait for people to die to take action?” she asked.

Area MP Stanley Githunguri agreed with Ms Wambui, and accused DOs, chiefs and the police of not doing enough to close down the dens.

And even as residents of Banana wait to bury their dead, three people from the nearby Riabai Village were admitted to Kiambu District Hospital after taking a brew branded Monalisa on Sunday night.

This prompted the closure of 18 bars and the arrest of their owners. On Tuesday, women will be holding prayers in Banana over the incident that has caused grief in the entire village.

Kiambu district public health officer Roman Kinyua said his staff were on alert, after it emerged that the brew affected villagers beyond Banana.

“We are going to take samples of all liquors being consumed here for examination because it seems there is a big problem,” Mr Romano said.

Accusing Saitoti

Naivasha MP John Mututho, the man who drafted the Alcohol Bill is accusing the Internal Security minister, Prof George Saitoti, of failure to enforce laws.

“The ministry has been allocated Sh400 million to form structures in the licensing board to deal with quality, regulation and promotion, which are crucial,” the MP said.

Last year, dozens of people died in Nairobi’s Shauri Moyo, Thindigua in Kiambu and Nanyuki after taking illicit brews.

SOURCE:  DAILY NATION

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