{"id":5668,"date":"2026-08-31T15:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=5668"},"modified":"2026-08-31T15:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T15:58:13","slug":"no-genuine-vodka-in-kenya-mututho-drops-bombshell-claim-on-alcohol-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=5668","title":{"rendered":"NO GENUINE VODKA IN KENYA!\u201d \u2014 MUTUTHO DROPS BOMBSHELL CLAIM ON ALCOHOL INDUSTRY"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h1><strong>NO GENUINE VODKA IN KENYA!\u201d \u2014 MUTUTHO DROPS BOMBSHELL CLAIM ON ALCOHOL INDUSTRY<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n<pre><strong>By News Brief <\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WA_1788191435390.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5669\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WA_1788191435390-268x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WA_1788191435390-268x300.jpeg 268w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WA_1788191435390.jpeg 646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former NACADA chairman John Mututho has made a startling claim about Kenya\u2019s vodka market, alleging that the country has no genuine vodka that meets internationally accepted standards.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview on NTV, Mututho declared: <strong>\u201cThere\u2019s no genuine vodka in Kenya.\u201d<\/strong> He argued that manufacturers seeking to market products as vodka should comply with internationally recognised standards governing the spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Mututho also raised questions about the supply chain for industrial ethanol in Kenya, claiming that one company imports as much as <strong>80 per cent of the industrial ethanol consumed in the country<\/strong>, before the product is distributed to manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mututho, some manufacturers allegedly take the industrial ethanol, dilute it with water, add flavours and subsequently package the resulting products under different brand names.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The claims, if substantiated, could reignite debate over the quality, regulation, labelling and safety of alcoholic beverages sold in the Kenyan market.<\/p>\n<p>Mututho\u2019s remarks are allegations and would require verification from the relevant regulatory authorities and industry players.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NO GENUINE VODKA IN KENYA!\u201d \u2014 MUTUTHO DROPS BOMBSHELL CLAIM ON ALCOHOL INDUSTRY By News Brief Former NACADA chairman John Mututho has made a startling&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5671,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5668\/revisions\/5671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}