The National Authority for Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) chairman John Mututho wants county governments involved more in fighting second generation liquor.
Mututho has accused governors of laxity when it came to the exercise, claiming that they stood to benefit from the exercise more.
“Many of them just launched the initiative and disappeared. We have to rely on the youths and members of parliament who seem more interested in saving the youths,” he added.
Mututho was speaking to the press in Nakuru on Monday where he accused governors of intimidating politicians who were carrying out the exercise.
“We have seen some members of parliament threatened and abused on National TV because of carrying out the president’s directive. This should stop immediately. We suspect that some governors are shareholders in the business and hence the bitterness,” he added.
Nakuru County Commissioner Mohamed Birik, in a separate interview, said that they had destroyed at least 1.2 million litres of second generation drinks.
“We have also destroyed 90,000 cartons of liquor in the process,” he added.
Birik also raised the red flag over the hiding of the drinks in residential houses by prominent businessmen.
“We are also warning chiefs and sub chiefs that no wine and spirit shops is supposed to be in operation and they should arrest anyone running such a shop,” he added.