Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has warned manufacturers and traders involved in the production and sale of toxic alcohol that the Government will not relent in its crackdown on illicit brews.
Speaking during a public engagement rally in Mundoro Township, Gatundu South Constituency, Kiambu County, on Tuesday, Kindiki said the Government would wage an “unending war” against cartels that lace alcoholic drinks with harmful chemicals.
He said the crackdown was aimed at protecting young people from the health and social consequences associated with consumption of toxic alcohol.
“Those who sell alcohol that is destroying the reproductive health of our young people… must be dealt with,” Kindiki said.
The Deputy President said the Government was not targeting alcoholic drinks manufactured in accordance with approved standards, but products adulterated with toxic chemicals.
He claimed some young people who consume the harmful alcohol become unconscious after taking small quantities, leaving them unable to work or care for their families.
Kindiki further linked consumption of chemically adulterated alcohol to damage to reproductive health, warning that the consequences could affect an entire generation.
“This fight against harmful alcohol is not a political matter. Therefore, politicians should stay out of it,” he said.
Kindiki said he had already convened senior security officials to discuss the crackdown and would hold another meeting with them on Wednesday.
He compared the campaign against toxic alcohol to previous security operations against terrorism and banditry, saying the Government would use the same determination to dismantle the networks involved.
“I was once the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration. You saw how I confronted terrorists in Lamu and fought Al-Shabaab. I was in Northern Kenya fighting Al-Shabaab, and in the Kerio Valley, I fought bandits and livestock thieves. We fought them, and we defeated them,” he said.
Kindiki said improved security in Lamu had enabled major investments, citing Dangote’s investment in the area as an example of how security creates an environment for economic development.
“Just as we fought Al-Shabaab and defeated them, and just as we fought terrorists and livestock thieves and defeated them, those who sell toxic alcohol to our people will also be dealt with. Their days are numbered,” he said.
He also urged politicians to avoid interfering with enforcement operations against illicit alcohol, arguing that their responsibility was to lobby for development projects rather than take over the work of security agencies.
“The work of a Member of Parliament, Governors, and senators or an MCA is not to fight alcohol. That is the responsibility of security officers and relevant Government agencies,” Kindiki said.
He said elected leaders should instead focus on advocating for roads, markets, electricity and other development services.
The Deputy President’s remarks came as he outlined a range of Government projects in Kiambu, including roads, markets, affordable housing and dairy development.
He said the Government had prioritised 1,656 kilometres of roads across Kiambu’s 12 constituencies at a cost of Sh152 billion, while a further Sh200 billion had been committed to the Lironi–Naivasha–Nakuru–Mau Summit road.
Kindiki said the first section between Lironi and Naivasha was expected to be completed and handed over by December.
He also announced an increase in the number of milk coolers under a Government programme, saying 670 additional coolers would be procured to support dairy farmers across the country.
The Deputy President further appealed to Kenyans to maintain peace as the country heads towards the 2027 election season, saying political competition should not divide communities.
“Elections will come and go, but Kenyans will remain one community and must continue living together in peace,” he said.
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