While alcohol and drug abuse are the scourges of the nation, with devastating health and other adverse effects, the uproar over the new measures to curb the menace is understandable. Alcohol is a huge industry that employs millions, and traders are worried about their looming huge losses as a result of stiff restrictions.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen and the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) have unveiled sweeping reforms under the National Policy for the Prevention, Management and Control of Alcohol, Drugs and Substance Abuse (2025).
