Nairobi County Government is set to audit all liquor outlets across the city.

Deputy Governor Njoroge Muchiri on Tuesday announced that the audit, which will be carried out by the county’s Liquor Licensing Department, is meant to ensure compliance with county rules and bylaws and create order in the sector.

It will entail reviewing the license status of each premises, license fees paid, the status of other county licenses, the type of business under the different liquor categories and the physical location of the premises.

“It is my expectation that all bar and restaurants and outlet owners will accord this team the opportunity to gather this information without any issues and they will be helpful to them,” Muchiri said.
Inadequate data

He urged the team to enumerate all the liquor outlets in the 17 sub-counties without fear or favour.

“This exercise will be able to highlight to us some of the liquor outlets that are misplaced. We are also in the process of boosting Our Own source revenue to commence tapping into our revenue collection capabilities,” he added.

Business and Hustler Opportunities executive Maureen Njeri said there is inadequate data on the exact number of liquor premises in Nairobi.

“County reports indicate that there could be more than 10,000 liquor operators that is why we will commence this exercise in the coming days,” she said. The CEC noted that the mapping exercise will also create a database of all operating liquor premises.