More than 800 people, including fifty bar operators, have been arrested and prosecuted in a fresh crackdown on increased sale and consumption of illicit alcohol in Eldoret. Those involved in illegal alcohol sale and consumption will be sternly dealt with,” Hassan told the Star. “We will intensify the crackdown throughout the Christmas season when many alcohol traders tend to violate the law,” Boit said. Police were also cracking down on vehicles ferrying illicit alcohol along the Eldoret-Busia highway. He said illicit alcohol was ruining the lives of youth.

Source: The Star December 15, 2017 20:57 UTC