Bars and Restaurants in Kiambu with No Smoking Zone signs within their premises will be fined Sh500,000 according to the new Kiambu Alcoholic and Beverages Act.
Bar tenders who sell liquor to an already intoxicated person will also part with Sh50, 000 or face a jail term of six months or both.
Speaking on Wednesday at a Thika Hotel during a Sensitization Workshop for Alcoholic and Beverages Outlets and Distributors, Thika West Public Health officer, Patrick Mburu revealed that the Kiambu Alcoholic Act 2014/2015 was very vigilant and will not spare any contravener.
Mburu cautioned smokers with the habit of smoking carelessly along the streets and away from smoking zones saying they will also face the full wrath of the law as they will be fined Sh50,000 or serve a three months jail term or both for subjecting an innocent member of the public to the risks of secondary smoking.
Speaking during the same meeting, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Officer, John Kabue revealed that KEBs was now closely working with the county governments across the country to fight the menace of adulterated products, saying that with county askaris being sent to the grassroots for inspection and surveillance, the producers of the illicit products will be nabbed.
“It is unfortunate that people are driven by the thirst for quick monies to produce products that are unfit for human consumption endangering innocent people, which end up destroying lives and leaving many families without their bread winners. We will catch up with them,” said Kabue.
He cited a recent case where four people died and several others are admitted at a Murang’a Hospital for consuming poisonous liquor adding that stakeholders should help the body with information that will lead to the arrest of the culprits.
Kabue further cautioned the wines and spirit outlets against selling drinks in tots saying that the drinks might be adulterated.
The meeting was graced by the Thika Deputy County Commissioner Jeremiah Gicheru who was accompanied by Thika west OCPD Shadrack Maithya and Thika East OCPD Daniel Chacha