VICE-President Mutale Nalumango says a recent study undertaken by the Centre for Primary Care Research in Zambia shows that approximately 70 percent of alcohol consumed in Zambia is illicit. The Vice-President says statistics also show that people under the age of 35 consume illicit alcohol like junta more frequently, and that these young people want to drink first thing in the morning. And Local Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo recalls making a “painful” apology for forcing a Lusaka woman and her children to drink Kachasu, but insists that his actions to stop illicit beer brewing were well-intentioned. Speaking during the launch of the Coalition Against Alcohol, Thursday, Vice-President Nalumango said the coalition’s objectives were to eliminate the sale...

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