Authorities have destroyed over 8,000 litres of illicit brew in Athi River in Juja Farm area in just a span of one week.
In the crackdown led by Juja Deputy County Commissioner Muthama Wambua, the officers destroyed the brew and raw materials used for brewing chang'aa.
Wambua, who has been recently posted in the newly created District said they got a tip-off from the public that the brewers from Thika’s Kiandutu Slums and the neighbouring Machakos County were conducting this illegal trade in the area.
“We have nabbed and destroyed 8600 litres of kangara, 530 kg of molasses and jaggery. We also confiscated 4 metallic coolers,” said Wambua.
According to the DCC, the suspects are believed to be distributing the liquor in Juja, Ruiru and parts of Thika and Nairobi.
Speaking in his office after his latest raids, Wambua stated that police did not manage to arrest any suspect, but reiterated that his office will not stop raiding chang’aa dens.
He cautioned the brewers from resuming operations saying that they would intensify their operations until they rid of this illegal trade.
“As a county, we cannot sit back as our people are killed by this liquor. We have teamed up with police and the residents to end the problem once and for all. This is the beginning of this operation and we are going to continue until we clean the whole of Juja. We cannot allow this (sale and consumption of the illicit brews) to continue,” he said.
On matters security, the DCC said that so far his team has been able to have it under control, safe for one or two occasional cases of insecurity which he said were being dealt with as they were reported.