Two fatalities and five critical hospitalizations have been reported in Meru County after individuals consumed illicit brew. The incident occurred on Wednesday, November 5, at a den in Igembe North.

• Two people have died, and five others are in critical condition.
• Jacob Ouma, the Meru County Commissioner, accused local administrators, including chiefs and police officers, of failing in their duties to combat illicit alcohol.
• The Commissioner ordered the transfer of all officers at the local police post and a new investigation into the illicit brew, which was found in dirty 20-litre containers.
• This incident follows a previous event where 20 people died from alcohol poisoning in Kirinyaga County, leading to the suspension of eight local administrators.