Nandi Illicit Brewers End Business

 

Local brew drinkers have suffered a major blow in Biribiriet village, Nandi County after brewers joined hands to end the production of illicit brews.

With the help of area Chief Laban Sirma, chang’aa brewers organized a one day event where leading brewers in the village confessed in public at Mlango trading centre.
The brewers said that the brew brought them several problems including massive fines from the court after being arrested severally.
The brewers further demonstrated the risks of local brewing and urged the residents to accept their new lifestyle.
According to Caroline Jeptum, one of the confessed brewers, many youths are turning into illicit brewing due to unemployment which is also a challenge across the country.
Jeptum said that she decided indulge in local brewing after completing high school because her parents were not able to pay her school fees and had to take care of her children.
The women are now looking forward to involving themselves in legal businesses and farming activities.
The women later raised some funds to enable them start self sustaining developments.
By James Kariuki