{"id":17490,"date":"2024-03-24T10:03:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T10:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/03\/24\/ridding-kenya-of-illicit-liqour-will-boost-life-expectancy-gachagua\/"},"modified":"2024-03-24T10:03:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T10:03:21","slug":"ridding-kenya-of-illicit-liqour-will-boost-life-expectancy-gachagua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ridding-kenya-of-illicit-liqour-will-boost-life-expectancy-gachagua\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridding Kenya of illicit liqour will boost life expectancy: Gachagua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, KENYA, Mar 24 \u2014 Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said success in the fight against illicit brews will lead to increased life expectancy in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Meru on Saturday, Gachagua noted that apart from declining life expectancy, alcohol and drug abuse had drastically decelerated birth rates in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe community was getting extinct. You were walking on the road and you would not spot anyone having a child. But now things will go well,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The DP termed the eradication of \u201cpoisonous liquors\u201d as pivotal in moulding and protecting the future generation.<\/p>\n<p>Gachagua reiterated his commitment to eradicating the consumption of illicit brews stating that nothing will prompt the government to back down in the fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhoever wants to fight against me, President William Ruto, and CS Kithure Kindiki, is welcome. But we are clear in our mind that we must save the next generation,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The DP committed to leading the fight against the sale of illicit alcohol from the front especially in the Mount Kenya region which has over time emerged as the most affected region in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be a fool as a Deputy President who comes from this region to agree my people to be killed by alcohol and drug,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow will I allow our children to die while I\u2019m the Deputy President, I have a responsibility to these people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gachagua warned that no bars will operate during the days against established regulations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, KENYA, Mar 24 \u2014 Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said success in the fight against illicit brews will lead to increased life expectancy in the country. Speaking in Meru on Saturday, Gachagua noted that apart from declining life expectancy, alcohol and drug abuse had drastically decelerated birth rates in the country. \u201cThe community was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17490\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}