Kwale Bar Owners Association has urged the county government to use revenue from liquor licences to equip rehabilitation centres, support recovering drug addicts and awareness programmes. https://shorturl.at/HX35d
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00:00I started giving them money because they started paying me in May, until now, they have withdrawn N7 million.
00:08And those N7 million that have been withdrawn, it's because they haven't been compensated properly.
00:13They have withdrawn a lot of money.
00:15Because, bars and nuns, in their accounts, they think they can withdraw N100 million.
00:20But now, because the compensation of that money is not low,
00:25there are many nuns,
00:27because there are many counties, they don't let them pay that money.
00:31So, that is the reason why there is no compensation.
00:33And we are asking for the commitment of our staff in those counties.
00:38They need a very strict supervision in order for us to get the money.
00:42And, this money, even I have asked NAKADA today,
00:46it's money for liquor, because this bar owner has paid a single business permit.
00:52This liquor, it's not an account income.
00:55This liquor, it's meant to go and help those people who have been drinking that liquor,
01:01but now, we don't know.
01:03If it's legal, it's meant to go to a revenue account.
01:06It's meant to open a different account.
01:08Because the revenue account is there.
01:10Single business permits, they pay.
01:12This is liquor.
01:14To go to rehabilitation centers, that's what it's meant to do.
01:20We are here in Kware County,
01:23to teach bar owners
01:25how to comply with the Alcoholic Act 2010,
01:29and also the Count Act,
01:31and also Tobacco Act 2007,
01:34and Public Health Act,
01:36so that they comply.
01:38So that when we are doing crackdown,
01:40or when we are doing inspection,
01:42they should comply.
01:44So that when we are doing crackdown,
01:46or when we are doing inspection,
01:48they should know exactly what we check.
01:51So we want them to comply.
01:53Like now, most of them, they don't know,
01:55it's illegal to sell cigar stick.
01:58Yeah, tobacco, or cigarette.
02:00They are supposed to sell the whole package,
02:03so that people can see the message,
02:05and the picture is there on the pack of cigarettes.
02:08So what we are teaching them is how to clean,
02:11how to know the counterfeit tobacco,
02:14and how to stop it.
02:16Also, to know how they can stop selling,
02:19so that they can see the health of those who are selling now.
02:23It's about putting money first,
02:25so that they can see the health of their customers,
02:28and to read the customer.
02:30Not just the money they are looking at.
02:32There are those who come and spike.
02:34Spiking is when they put a cigarette in a bottle.
02:37You have to know that when someone dies in a bar,
02:40that person we are talking about is the owner.
02:43Because he knows what?
02:45His customers come in,
02:47and they know if he is a criminal,
02:49or what he is doing.