By Paul Njau
GATUNDU NORTH WOMEN POINT FINGERS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AS HIGH UPTAKE OF ILLICIT BREWS DRIVE THEIR MEN OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
Women from Kianganga village in Gatundu North kiambu county, are up in arms with local authorities and security apparatus, for failing to contain high uptake of illicit brews in the area which have made local men unproductive.
The angry area residents cite that the re-emergence of illicit brews in the remote area have turned many men into zombies failing to play their role as family providers but now to the extreme of being unable to accomplish their conjugal rights.
The furious women have expressed their dissatisfaction with the sluggish nature of the law enforcers in the effort to curb the menace once and for all.
"Enough is enough,we cannot sit down and see our men becoming useless beings, now this is too much" Irene Wanyoike cried out.
Led by Irene Wanyoike, the irate women decried that their husbands are no longer able to sire kids leave alone providing basic necessities for their family.
"Currently it's very hard to see a pregnant woman in this area, the majority of our men are unable to sire", Wanyoike added.
The women complained that their men have abandoned them and their homes and now live at concealed drinking dens where they drink from dawn to dusk.
It's due to this prolonged drinking habit,some said their men have put their lives into danger since they have been ordered by doctors to abandon alcohol but they still enjoy the outlawed drinks secretly while some others have died as a result.
" Even those who have medical issues are secretly taking this poison, we are afraid we might lose more men due to this recurring problem", Mary Wanjiku explained.
The illicit brew is believed to be ferried from neighboring villages Makwa and others using motorbikes, and that it only takes a few minutes for a user to get intoxicated before they sleep in trenches and ditches.
The enraged women further expressed concerns that their men have started selling properties to facilitate their drinking sprees, a situation that could result in a domestic crisis if the matter is not addressed with necessary urgency.
" We are now forced to lock houses including the kitchen because they are stealing everything to go and sell at a throw away price for them to get a few coins for the drinks", Wanjiku added.
Speaking at the village, Mary Wanjiku Kahura, regretted that failure by men to provide for and educate their kids has seen women handle all the manly duties including undertaking casual farm jobs to sustain their children.
The women, in their large numbers, urged top-level government officials to intervene claiming local authorities have failed to contain the menace that is at the verge of wiping out not just men but endangering even the next generation.
Additionally, they cite fear of increase in insecurity issues as the majority of young men will be trying everything possible to get money to sustain their addiction.
Efforts to reach police in Gatundu North over the crisis were futile.
Makwa village which has been pointed as the source of the brews was once a vibrant town whose economic growth has been largely affected by the illicit brews and other outlawed substances.
At the town, the local shops are weather-beaten with their barred doors and windows left as shells of abandoned stalls.
With the exit of traders, criminals and illicit brew traders have taken over the empty structures.
In 2018, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i launched a countrywide crackdown of illicit brews and drugs at Makwa, perhaps signaling how deep the menace had become in the town.
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