Ministry of Health acting Public Health Director, Francis Kuria on Tuesday, July 21 denied reports that the government had limited the sale of alcohol to take aways only.
A Public Health Act made rounds on social media for the better part of the day that contained a number of new directives on the sale of alcohol.
"I think the document being referred to is a draft document that is circulating in social media, a notice that has no number, we will not talk about a document that has no legal notice number.
"It should be under the office of the AG and once it gets a number it becomes a legal notice then we can talk about it's contents," Kuria stated.
The acting Public Health Director noted that the document will address the issues of alcohol consumption that were highlighted by President Uhuru Kenyatta on his Monday, July 6 speech.
The government has however not changed its stand on the closure of bars as Kuria insisted that the joints have not been allowed to open.
Kuria also hinted that the act is looking to limit the sale of alcohol to take aways only to reduce the number of people crammed up in bars.
A report aired by NTV on Sunday, July 19 exposed how revellers are exposing themselves to the risk of Covid-19 by partying past curfew hours.
The exposé shed light on some city estates, bars that have never shut down and continue to operate from dusk to dawn in blatant disregard of the law.
Aside from exposing themselves to the risks of the deadly virus the revellers also put their lives in danger by driving under the influence of alcohol.
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja was on Saturday, July 18 arrested at a Kilimani bar for flouting the government's curfew orders.
According to a police report, an officer from Kilimani area received information that a bar, namely Ladies Lounge, was still operating at around 1.10 am.
