{Police officers who fail to combat manufacture and sale of illegal alcohol will be sacked, Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet has said.}
“Officers found abetting activities such especially the manufacture, sale and consumption of illicit liquor will not be spared and risk losing their jobs,” he said in a statement signed by police spokesman George Kinoti.
It comes a day after Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho sacked two chiefs in Embu County for failing to tame the alcohol menace in their areas.
The administrators — Chief Peter Mureithi of Kieni North West Location and Assistant Chief Francis Ndwiga of Kiangungi Sub-Location were given the orders to vacate office at a public baraza in the area.
They were paraded and stripped of their official caps and shoulder epaulets.
“This is the first warning shot to all chiefs and their assistants. If we find that your location or sub-location is a den for these dangerous illicit brews and drugs that have caused death and so much havoc among our youth, the government will not give you a second chance,” said Dr Kibicho.
The PS said the government would not tolerate administrators who abet brewing or selling of illicit and often lethal brews in their areas of administration.
The PS said the government was focusing on chiefs and their assistants because as officials closest to the grassroots, they knew or ought to know the perpetrators of illicit brew menace.
NOT SAFE
Dr Kibicho also cautioned County Commissioners and other senior administrators that they too were not safe if illicit brew menace persisted in their areas.
“After the chiefs and assistant chiefs, we shall move up the ladder if this problem persists. So Assistant County Commissioners, County Commissioners and Regional Coordinators you too should be in the frontline in the war against illicit brews and drugs,” he added.
Earlier, the PS toured several parts of Embu County where he led a team of administrators and security officials in a spirited campaign to destroy captured illicit brews.
Close to 500 litres of an assortment of illicit brews were destroyed.
“The fight against illicit killer brews should be a concerted effort where the public and all arms of the government join hands to protect the future of our youths who are being destroyed by criminals manufacturing and selling these poisonous drinks,” said the PS.
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