Rangenyo Parish Fr. Bernard Nyangeri (in a black gown) making a statement to the press concerning his move to conduct a peaceful demonstration in the area to fight illicit brews, on Thursday, October 1, 2026./KNA


Rangenyo Parish Priest Fr Bernard Nyangeri has led a peaceful public demonstration in Rangenyo village, Nyamira County, to condemn the brewing, selling and consumption of illicit brews in the locality.

Fr Nyangeri stated that the menace had caused unwarranted deaths in the area while contributing to underdevelopment, increased cases of crime and the overall moral decadence in society.

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The clergy therefore mobilised church members and the general public for a peaceful procession over rampant drunkenness that was claiming the lives of local young people, leaving families in abject poverty.

Fr. Nyangeri lamented that many students with a promising future had dropped out of school due to either lack of school fees and other essential learning necessities or intoxication from the illicit brews and other drugs.

"I am greatly perturbed that the leading cause of death for all the requiem masses I conduct within my area of jurisdiction is linked to alcohol, and most of the deaths recorded are of our youth, who leave behind very young and vulnerable orphans staring at a bleak future,” he said.

For the past six months, I have buried over eight people whose circumstances of death were alcohol-related, and this worrying trend compelled me to mobilise everyone for support in ending this illegal business in our area, so that we can be assured of raising sober and visionary children, who will popularise our community for good reasons.

Rangenyo Parish Priest Fr. Bernard Nyangeri (in purple gown) conducting Holy Mass at a home where he recently buried a young man, whose circumstances of death reportedly resulted from alcohol. Photos/KNA


It's overly worrying  that we are raising a generation that has been deprived of proper parental care and guidance, lost in vision and easily lured into consumption of illicit brews and crime, which always finds them at loggerheads with law enforcement officers and the national government administrative officers, said the Cleric.

Deeply moved by the alcohol problem, Fr. Nyangeri recently engaged in a peculiar mission of visiting all the homes known for illicit brewers in Rangenyo, where he conducted Holy Mass for the brewers, urging them to look for alternative businesses, for they were likely to wipe out a whole generation with their illegal stuff.

He appealed to the entire Rangenyo community to support the National Government Administrative Officers (NGAOs) and other stakeholders in fighting the illicit brews for posterity.