Use liquor taxes to fund rehabs, recovery of addicts, Kwale county told

The Star Kenya

Kwale Bar Owners Association has urged the county government to use revenue from liquor licences to equip rehabilitation centres, support recovering drug addicts and awareness programmes. https://shorturl.at/HX35d

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00:00I started giving them money because they started paying me in May, until now, they have withdrawn N7 million.

00:08And those N7 million that have been withdrawn, it's because they haven't been compensated properly.

00:13They have withdrawn a lot of money.

00:15Because, bars and nuns, in their accounts, they think they can withdraw N100 million.

00:20But now, because the compensation of that money is not low,

00:25there are many nuns,

00:27because there are many counties, they don't let them pay that money.

00:31So, that is the reason why there is no compensation.

00:33And we are asking for the commitment of our staff in those counties.

00:38They need a very strict supervision in order for us to get the money.

00:42And, this money, even I have asked NAKADA today,

00:46it's money for liquor, because this bar owner has paid a single business permit.

00:52This liquor, it's not an account income.

00:55This liquor, it's meant to go and help those people who have been drinking that liquor,

01:01but now, we don't know.

01:03If it's legal, it's meant to go to a revenue account.

01:06It's meant to open a different account.

01:08Because the revenue account is there.

01:10Single business permits, they pay.

01:12This is liquor.

01:14To go to rehabilitation centers, that's what it's meant to do.

01:20We are here in Kware County,

01:23to teach bar owners

01:25how to comply with the Alcoholic Act 2010,

01:29and also the Count Act,

01:31and also Tobacco Act 2007,

01:34and Public Health Act,

01:36so that they comply.

01:38So that when we are doing crackdown,

01:40or when we are doing inspection,

01:42they should comply.

01:44So that when we are doing crackdown,

01:46or when we are doing inspection,

01:48they should know exactly what we check.

01:51So we want them to comply.

01:53Like now, most of them, they don't know,

01:55it's illegal to sell cigar stick.

01:58Yeah, tobacco, or cigarette.

02:00They are supposed to sell the whole package,

02:03so that people can see the message,

02:05and the picture is there on the pack of cigarettes.

02:08So what we are teaching them is how to clean,

02:11how to know the counterfeit tobacco,

02:14and how to stop it.

02:16Also, to know how they can stop selling,

02:19so that they can see the health of those who are selling now.

02:23It's about putting money first,

02:25so that they can see the health of their customers,

02:28and to read the customer.

02:30Not just the money they are looking at.

02:32There are those who come and spike.

02:34Spiking is when they put a cigarette in a bottle.

02:37You have to know that when someone dies in a bar,

02:40that person we are talking about is the owner.

02:43Because he knows what?

02:45His customers come in,

02:47and they know if he is a criminal,

02:49or what he is doing.

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