Is this really a wake up call?

Kenyans are ranked the top beer drinkers in the East Africa region

Kenyans consume the highest amount of beer in East Africa, but Uganda is tops in the number of informal brew manufacturers.

A new report on alcohol consumption by the World Health Organisation (WHO) says almost half of Kenyan drinkers prefer beer, while their Ugandan and Tanzanian neighbours favour local brews.

About 90 per cent of drinkers across the borders are likely to be taking fermented or distilled alcohol such as waragi, muramba, tonto and other locally-brewed products.

“Many countries recognise the serious public health problems caused by the harmful use of alcohol. But clearly, much more needs to be done,” says Dr Ala Alwan, WHO assistant director-general for non-communicable diseases and mental health.

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The Kenyan Situation

The Global status report on alcohol and health (2011) presents a comprehensive perspective on the global, regional and country consumption of alcohol, patterns of drinking, health consequences and policy responses in Member States. It represents a continuing effort by the World Health Organization (WHO) to support Member States in collecting information in order to assist them in their efforts to reduce the harmful use of alcohol, and its health and social consequences.

Global status report on alcohol and health (2011)

The introduction and the enactment of the Alcohol Drinks Control Act, 2009 popularly known as Mututho Law has been met with much resistance and has also been welcomed by many. This could be step in the right direction.

One of the KATAA Initiatives expected outcomes from our goals and objectives is a reduction in the drug abuse menace in our society. Starting from our immediate environs, to the entire city and hopefully the nation, we envisage a future society that is drugs free.

Click to get an abridged version of the Alcohol Drinks Control Act and the full version of the bill as passed by parliament.

We at StAY Alive Fellowship acknowledge that our mission cannot be complete without reaching out to the young people in our society. Many social ills continue to affect our country’s young people therefore we agree that we need to be instruments of change both in our society and country at large, if the social illness is to be reversed. We have identified the areas in which our young are being affected most and have taken up the challenge to change this by impacting on the society around us. We have zeroed in on what has affected us most being, sexual immorality and the related AIDS/HIV pandemic and drug abuse.