DEADLY KANYAMA ALCOHOL: PRODUCER LOSES THREE RELATIVES
Diamond TV investigations have revealed that a family behind the production of a poisonous alcohol in Lusaka’s Makeni Villa lost three of its members among the eight that died on Friday.
A friend of the family, has told Diamond news that the guardians to deceased 23-year-old, Rainford Banda, have been vending in illicit alcohol production for many years.
The source has further alleged that the family had admitted to purchasing a poisonous ingredient in the brew that led to the death of two more family members who had tasted it.
Sources further disclose that some of the illicit alcohol manufactured finds its way into some well-known outlets in Lusaka.
On Friday, Zambia Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Danny Mwale, confirmed that eight persons died in separate incidents within Kanyama compound as a result of drinking the same substandard product.
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This is what happens in unplanned settlement s whose residents turn to the informal sector of the economy for survival. Not even the government with its many agencies knows what’s going on there until it’s too late. In other words, these places have become huge brothels where no one knows who’s screwing with who. They’re also a huge security risk.