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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says county governments should only allow one pub per town.
Central Kenya is battling what the government warns is an alcohol and drugs epidemic.
Authorities blame unregulated bars and pubs and an influx of cheap, illicit brews.
But those who drink do not agree that this will help stop them imbibing.
Local NGOs and the church have intervened to set up rehabilitation centres, but they are expensive and out of reach for addicts.
"We have to be very careful about knee-jerk reactions. Is our issue with legitimate businesses or illicit drinks?" says Steven Kimani, the politician in Muranga county.
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