There will be a two week liquor ban in the Central province from Friday June 23rd until Friday 7th July.
Central province police commander Laimo Asi says that this is part of the polling period security operations in the province.
PPC Asi says that there will also be road blocks set up at strategic locations along the highways into the province to control the ferrying of liquor.
He adds that all the liquor outlets will be closely monitored by the police personnel on election duty and warned people to observe the liquor ban in place.
The liquor ban will come into effect as of 6pm this Friday June 23rd.