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MPs reject raising minimum alcohol unit to 750ml

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Business Daily | by John Mutua


Consumers have won relief after Parliament rejected a proposal to raise the minimum volume of alcohol in a bottle to 750 millilitres, a change that could have substantially increased the prices of the beverage.

The Alcoholic Drinks & Control (Amendment) Bill, 2020 fronted by Wundanyi MP Danson Mwakuwona had sought to amend the 2010 law by limiting the packaging of alcoholic products in containers of a minimum of 750 millilitres from the current 250 millilitres, to curb consumption and abuse among the youth and low-income earners…

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