Kinyanjui blames State laxity on illicit brew menace after 10 die

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Kinyanjui blames State laxity on illicit brew menace after 10 die

10 people died, nine others hospitalised after taking chang'aa at Hodi Hodi in Nakuru as Governor Lee Kinyanjui blames national government for laxity.

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