IVESTOR SAYS LOCAL BREWS ALSO SAFE ,SOOTHI AND REFRESHING ROMBO MEN SEXUAL DRIVE LOSS CAN BE AVOIDED

Liberatus Sabas Arusha Regional Police Commander
A local investor has said not all local brews are a health hazard if prepared in a hygenic manner. He said it would be wrong to associate all the alcoholic drinks prepared locally and licenced with the relevant authorities with the rising cases of health hazards. "The government should only assist with  brewers to make sure their products are in the required standards", said Ian Mnyinga, the director of the Arusha-based Kimoraly Investment Company which makes local brew from banana. He admitted that some local brews could pose health hazards, recalling recent reports from Rombo district in Kilimanjaro region where excessive consumption is  said to have affected men sexual performance. However, he insisted that there was no problem with the traditional alcoholic drinks which have been tested by the Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) and other quality control bodies. "The problem is not confined to Rombo alone but the entire country. Local brews have to be prepared in a hygenic environment that met the required standards", he said, noting that those vetted for consumption were not harmful. In 2004, Mr. Kimoraly opened a local brew plant in Rombo district, relocating to Arusha in 2008 due to the high demand of the drink known as 'Kimoraly' in the latter. The local investor further added that it was wrong for the public to consider all locally-prepared alcoholic drinks as a hazard to the health, defending firms which have been vetted by quality control organs. Alcohol consumers in Arusha and the northern zone regions have opted for bottled brews made from banana juice because of affordability. There are least two major bottling plants in Arusha city alone. "What is mostly required is for TBS to make constant inspections of these plants to see if they met the standards required", said one George Mollel, a resident of Kimandolu suburb of Arusha. However, to most low income people in Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions, a home-made brew made from the same banana and famous a 'mbege' is a favourite alcoholic drink. There had been rising concerns that the traditionally-favoured 'mbege' and other types of local brews, including illicit spirits made in questionable back-yards has fuelled the spread of communicable diseases. In Rombo districts some recent reports had it that excessive consumption of illicit spirits (gongo) was behind  rising cases of erectile dysfunction for men, a condition characterized by inability to develop or maintain an erection for men during sexual activity.

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