PHOTO | TOM OTIENO | FILE An apparently inebriated young man lies in a street in Kisumu.
NATION MEDIA GROUP
By OUMA WANZALA owanzala@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Tuesday, July 16 2013 at 23:30
Posted Tuesday, July 16 2013 at 23:30
In Summary
- Nacada accuses police of doing little to enforce regulation
Failure by the police to enforce the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act has been blamed on corruption.
National Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada)
national co-ordinator William Okedi said police were doing little to
ensure that the law was implemented.
Dr Okedi said Nacada had no powers to arrest those who broke the law on drinking hours.
Dr Okedi said Nacada had no powers to arrest those who broke the law on drinking hours.
“We have seen bars operating beyond the stipulated time as well as opening early yet the owners are not arrested,” he said.
Dr Okedi, who was speaking in Eldoret, said Nacada would be launching an initiative targeting the youths in all the 47 counties.
Dr Okedi, who was speaking in Eldoret, said Nacada would be launching an initiative targeting the youths in all the 47 counties.
“We have identified TNA nominated Senator Naisula
Lesuda to lead the initiative as youth ambassador. Each county will have
an ambassador and it is the youth who will decide what it entails to be
a youth ambassador in the war against drug abuse,” said Dr Okedi.
At the same time Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson
Mandago has said his county government would put in place measures to
ensure drug peddlers were arrested.
“We will target all persons who are engaged in the business. We will not spare anyone,” he warned.
“We have information about two buildings that are
notorious for being the source of drugs and we understand youths go
there to take drugs. We will not allow these people to destroy the lives
of our youths,” he said.
Mr Mandago asked the media to focus on the county’s development agenda and ignore sideshows by politicians.
He said the media had an important role to play in
development and should not focus on issues that divided Kenyans. “We
have seen politicians getting a lot of time and space in the media to
say nothing,” said Mr Mandago.
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