Seven people were arrested on Friday following the death of four people at a liquor store in Umoja, Nairobi.
One person was left blind while another was admitted to Mama Lucy Hospital following the Thursday incident.
It is suspected that the drinks were spiked with a poisonous substance.
Embakasi West MP George Theuri and Umoja 1 MCA Mugambi Macharia led a clampdown of shops suspected to be vending harmful liquor. The leaders were accompanied by the Embakasi West Liquor chairman Chela Ayiro, area chief and police bosses.
One man is reported to have gone blind while two others have been admitted to hospital after drinking poisonous liquor in Mutindwa | Umoja area, Nairobi County. Police have launched investigation on the matter and so far 2 people have been arrested pic.twitter.com/dVTwBjxH7N
— Déported Palmer?? (@Kenyan_Deportee) November 23, 2018
Mugambi said they confiscated syringes, alcohol pads, and anesthetic from the said liquor store. “Operations are still ongoing to get the main supplier of the poisonous drink,” Ayiro said.
#TheEditorsDesk Four people have lost their lives after consuming illegal liquor at a Wines and Spirits shop in Mutindwa Estate,in Nairobi’s Umoja area.
Two died while they were on their way to Mama Lucy Hospital while the other two died at the facility. pic.twitter.com/Wf7gWp8IRm— JumaDigital (@mohajumah) November 23, 2018
The news has elicited different reactions from Kenyans.
There is a reason why I detest being the first person to enter a https://t.co/2JubsWoCpN can drink poison instead of alcohol,as in the case of umoja in nairobi
— Oscar pentium (@Oscarpentium) November 23, 2018