Monday, March 18, 2024 - Interior Cabinet Secretary, Prof. Kithure Kindiki has maintained that no government officer is supposed to own a bar or any business that deals with alcohol.
Speaking on Monday, Kindiki said
conflict of interest is the major impediment in the enforcement of policies on
the eradication of illicit liquor and narcotic drugs.
“All public officers in the
security, law, and order enforcement agencies who own bars or are in the
alcohol business, directly or indirectly, must close them immediately or quit
their jobs,” the security minister said during a forum in Kapsabet, Nandi
County.
Kindiki echoed a March 13 memo
by Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo to regional commissioners,
county commissioners, heads of department, and all internal security and
national administration staff regarding the directive.
PS Omollo said the government’s
directive affects all public officers in the enforcement and compliance chain
such as the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS),
Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA), Public Health, National Authority for the
Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA), National Government
Administrative officers (NGAO) and National Police Service (NPS).
“Cross-referencing by the Public
Service Commission and other agencies will be done to confirm compliance,” the
PS said in the memo.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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