The Government of Nyeri County has tightened the grip on fight against excessive drinking that has been a menace in the county for a better part of its history. Nyeri is notoriously popular and regularly in the news for what many would term as abnormal incidences. It goes without saying that the stereotyping of the Nyeri woman as such a powerful individual has griped the whole of Kenya, making men from other regions to quiver when the thought of a Woman from Nyeri strikes their minds.
Far from that, the Government in the afore-mentioned County has decided to save the youth from drowning in alcoholism through illegal brews. The government restricted the operations of wine and spirit agencies within the Central Business District (CBD), retaining only the four major wine distributors. However, these salvaged agencies shall also be restricted from selling directly to customers; where there target of sales shall be restricted to other retailers. Their customers shall include supermarkets, Bars, Restaurants and the popular hotels in Nyeri; the likes of White Rhino, Green Hills, and the newly high class Golden Gates. however, it remains unclear whether this restriction applies only to the CBD or to the whole of Nyeri town and its outskirts.
This regulation was absorbed with mixed feelings by the public, some contrasting this as a discriminator to small investors. Restricting the entry into a business was termed as one of the shortcoming of the regulation, whereas others termed this as anti-development agendas. However, bar owners hailed this decision citing that there had been a decrease in number of customers since the wine and spirit joints had attracted a huge proportion of the youth into their traps. this is because most of the liquor sold in these joints falls in the pocket range of the hard working young men and women in Nyeri. this concern has also been raised by some of the youth who expressed their gratitude in the expected closure of wine and spirits joints. According to them, the joints are irresistible once a person engages with brews from these joints and this usually leads to extravagant spending in search of happiness. once closed, they said they would be less lured by the bars since they have the designated "Mututho" hours, an aspect that is totally unapplied to the wines and spirits joins.
This law came only a month after illegal brews were raided in a CBD liquor distribution facility, believed to belong to one the county's Assembly Member. With this move by the Government, many people in Nyeri town are hoping for reduced alcoholism and in turn an increase in production among the youth.
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