The government has issued a clarification on the perceived ban on the sale of alcohol in supermarkets, restaurants, online platforms, and home deliveries, noting that these are all proposals and not actual regulations. While speaking exclusively to Kenyans.co.ke on Wednesday, July 30, a representative of the Ministry of Interior assured Kenyans that the proposals outlined in the National Policy for the Prevention, Management and Control of Alcohol, Drugs and Substance Abuse 2025 would be subject to public discourse and debate.
The proposals include prohibitions on the sale of alcohol in supermarkets, within residential premises, restaurants, and basic education, tertiary, and higher learning institutions.
It had also prohibited the online sale of alcohol, as well as home deliveries of alcohol.
The policy also had provisions forbidding the sale and consumption of alcohol at public beaches, public parks, amusement parks, petrol stations, dining areas in members' clubs, and hotels.
