A thirty-year-old man from Kirinyaga identified as Mercus Kinyua, has been arrested for allegedly forcing a 2-year-old boy, to drink beer during Christmas.

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Area chief David Muriithi Gikunju ordered for Kinyua's arrest, after news circulated all over the village, that he had forced a minor to drink beer.

"Even the boy’s father has a bar and the man took the advantage to force the boy to drink the beer, the boy was drunk," the chief said. 

The suspect is being held at the Nguka police post awaiting his arraignment in court.

Meanwhile, the family took the boy to hospital, over fear that the beer might affect his health negatively.

The chief has since blamed the Kirinyaga County government for licensing village bars.