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Government orders release of seized ethanol to make free sanitisers

Plastic tanks containing ethanol impounded at Kasarani Police Line in Nakuru on March 27, 2017. FILE PHOTO | SULEIMAN MBATIAH | NMG

By  Nyambega Gisesa

In efforts to address the biting shortage of hand sanitisers, the Kenyan government is now turning to an unlikely source --seized ethanol.

Ethanol is a key component in the production of alcoholic drinks and alcohol-based hand sanitisers.

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