Raila Odinga condemns Rigathi Gachagua’s Arrest of Alcoholics in Mt Kenya
Vice President Rigathi Gachagua is determined to end the illegal sale of alcoholic beverages in the Mt. Kenya region, which he deems a threat to future generations.
Recently, the second-in-command convened a meeting of security officers at which he announced a massive crackdown on the sale of illicit alcoholic beverages in the region.
Raila criticizes the crackdown on illegal brew However, the leader of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party, Raila Odinga, criticized the ongoing operation, claiming that it targeted disadvantaged youths.
During the Town Hall meeting in Murang’a county, the ODM leader defended the youths’ alcohol consumption, stating that they had turned to alcohol due to a lack of employment opportunities. “They do not comprehend Kenyan issues.
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The youths are idle because Kazi Mtaani is absent. Yet someone asserts that adolescents should not consume alcohol.
Youths consume alcohol because they are unemployed.
Instead of arresting youths for drinking alcohol, give them jobs, Raila said on April 20.
According to the ODM leader, young people have developed the habit of drinking to cope with their problems.
Gachagua on adolescents who sold him illegal substances In another context, the vice president described how youths in Ruaka, Kiambu County, attempted to sell him illegal substances.
In a multisectoral meeting on eradicating illicit brew in Central Kenya, the second-in-command lamented that the sale of illegal substances has become so widespread that youths no longer fear selling prohibited substances in public.
He recounted to the administration officers and political leaders of the Central Kenya region how youths approached the vice president with illegal substances and asked him to purchase them because they would have helped him.
“You have granted these individuals liberty. On my way to a funeral, as I passed through Ruaka, young people attempted to sell me illegal substances; imagine the vice president’s experience. They said, “You, Riggy G, take this to advance,” Gachagua explained.
Raila Odinga Condemns Rigathi Gachagua’s Arrest of Alcoholics in Mt Kenya: ‘Pea Hao Kazi’
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