A worker seen putting off fire after preparation of Illicit brew in Kibera low wages and lack of job opportunities in Kenyan slums has forced many residents to turn to high consumption of the most toxic traditional brew well known as changaa . It is mostly prepared using some of the most dangerous chemicals like methanol to increase the strength of alcohol content in it. Due to government struggles and failure to stop the high consumption, the drink was later legalized in September 2010 by the Kenyan Government. It has since become one of the most practiced business for most poverty


A worker seen putting off fire after preparation of Illicit brew in Kibera low wages and lack of job opportunities in Kenyan slums has forced many residents to turn to high consumption of the most toxic traditional brew well known as changaa . It is mostly prepared using some of the most dangerous chemicals like methanol to increase the strength of alcohol content in it. Due to government struggles and failure to stop the high consumption, the drink was later legalized in September 2010 by the Kenyan Government. It has since become one of the most practiced business for most poverty stricken families so as to make ends meet.


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