Club manager, six partygoers arrested in Nairobi shisha crackdown

The manager of Embassy Club along Thika Road in Nairobi was on Saturday night arrested alongside six partygoers during a crackdown on shisha vending and smoking in the city.

The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) said 23 shisha bongs and 40 tobacco flavours were confiscated from the club during the raid.

“The suspects were all booked at Jogoo Road police station vide OB No.07/21/01/24 awaiting arraignment in court,” the authority said on Monday.

Smoking of shisha has been outlawed in Kenya since 2017 after the State banned the use, import, manufacture, distribution and promotion of the tobacco product.

NACADA intensified its crackdown on the product in December 2023 and has since arrested over 60 people in separate club raids in Nairobi and Mombasa.