Mututho Strikes! NACADA Chairman Recommends Age Limit For Alcohol To Be Raised To 21 Years

Piece by: Madame Cynthia
Lifestyle

This may not come as good news for those who love enjoying some alcohol and are under the age of 21.

The chairman of the National Authority for Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) John Mututho yesterday, Dec 10, has warned against the sale of alcohol to persons under the age of 18 years and added that the age limit would be raised to 21 years starting next year.

Mututho was speaking at the Ozone Lounge at Valley Arcade in Lavington, during this year’s closure ceremony for the campaign of ‘No ID, No Sale of Alcohol’, which was carried out in 1,000 alcohol outlets across the country.

This is what Mututho had to say about this;

The drama you will see this Christmas is if we find your premises selling alcohol to children, since the area will become a crime scene and you will not be able to do any more business as we will confiscate your stock, furniture and arrest adults present watching as under 18-year-old drink alcohol.

He, however, urged Kenyans to allow him have a quiet festive season free of cases of drunk driving and selling alcohol to minors.

Mr Mututho said there was great wisdom in raising the age limit to 21 years since persons over that age were working and more responsible, unlike 18-year-olds who are still wayward;

In the USA the age limit is 21 years, and by next year we will implement this in this country. And this will be beneficial to clubs too since instead of having 10 bouncers, they will have only one bouncer because their customers are orderly and well mannered.

He further congratulated the 1000 pubs in the country that had complied with the under 18 years rule in the sale of alcohol and urged all others to follow the same path.

Mr Mututho earlier pointed an accusing finger at a club in Kileleshwa, although he did not mention its name and said, “This is not a threat but we are monitoring you, and we have videos of the dubious things you are doing there selling alcohol without age limit and we will strike soon.”