The season is here with us again. It is time for us to witness our men-in-uniform gallantly protecting us by overturning tanks of illicit liquor; puncturing holes in tanks of adulterated alcohol (read: poison); chasing down and purportedly arresting charlatan brewers; mothers and even men shedding tears.....you name it! We have become a nation of harmful and deadly repetitive cycles. What happened early this month is nothing new. We have seen it repeatedly, yet nothing meaningful ever gets done by authorities. It is one of the consequences of our collective amnesia. What is also worrying is the apathy that seems to engulf us all. Nothing ever seems to move us anymore. A quick glance into our recent past and the way in which we have swept some of the issues under the carpet -without coming up with ways to forestall them in the future- is a tad too worrying.
A chill runs down my spine as i witness the wasting of a generation. And an issue that is perhaps bigger than the manufacture and sale of poison packaged as alcohol, is the despondency and annihilation of an entire generation of men and women. Yes, perhaps not so surprising, is the fact that numerous women were among those admitted to hospitals with poisoning. Some of the survivors vowed to never allow a drop of alcohol into their bodies again; others didn't care despite having left behind orphans.....it was too late for them!
Sadly, this isn't the end of it. Not too far away from now, another one of our repetitive catastrophes will befall us again. One needn't be a "prophet" nor must one be able to "talk secretly with any supreme being" or utilize the services of a crystal ball to predict this. One needs only to look at the loose ends we failed to tie up in our past to know that they will come back to smite us.
Its time for us to change our ways. The clock is ticking....and time waits for no man. Seal all the loopholes in the production of alcohol; make alcohol affordable..........what ever happened to the legalization of genuine chang'aa in late 2010 and the new liquor laws?
http://www.vice.com/read/really-strange-brew-0000009-v18n10
Was it not potent enough (in spite of the harsh ingredients such as decomposing rats and womens' underwear) or was that just a PR exercise? Just to jog your memory, Kibaki appended his signature to the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill 2010, alongside the Prevention of Organised Crime Bill 2010, and Commission of Inquiry (Amendment) Bill 2009. The Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill repeals the Chang’aa Prohibition Act, which made it illegal to produce or consume traditional liquors like chang’aa.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000017391/chang-aa-now-legal-but-must-be-bottled
http://www.vice.com/read/really-strange-brew-0000009-v18n10
Was it not potent enough (in spite of the harsh ingredients such as decomposing rats and womens' underwear) or was that just a PR exercise? Just to jog your memory, Kibaki appended his signature to the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill 2010, alongside the Prevention of Organised Crime Bill 2010, and Commission of Inquiry (Amendment) Bill 2009. The Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill repeals the Chang’aa Prohibition Act, which made it illegal to produce or consume traditional liquors like chang’aa.
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000017391/chang-aa-now-legal-but-must-be-bottled
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