Seven hundred fifty litres of ethanol have been found, and three people have been detained during a police sweep in the Mabera Sub-county of Migori County.

The three suspects who are currently being held by police, according to Mabera Sub-county Deputy County Commissioner Joyphila Wambua, were discovered in the home where the 750 litres of ethanol were recovered.

According to Wambua, the police have been given the suspects and the ethanol found for use in their investigations.

According to the deputy county commissioner, the purportedly ethanol-laced death brew drove the raid.


According to Wambua, the security forces conducting a crackdown captured the vendors and the ethanol thanks to a tip from the general population.

According to police accounts, nine persons died in the Kubweye district of the Mabera sub-county after exposure to the deadly killer brew.

According to Cleti Kimaiyo, the police chief for Kuria West Sub-County, 17 people drank the beverage that was perhaps ethanol-laced.

During the crackdown, police in Kuria West Sub-county detained three people and recovered 46 litres of chang'aa.

According to Mr Kimaiyo, the accused are being held by police until an arraignment.