Mijikenda leaders urge state to intensify war on drugs

2026-02-15 - 08:50

Mijikenda community leaders have urged the government to sustain and intensify the fight against drug and alcohol abuse, warning that the rising wave of juvenile gangs at the Coast is fueled by substance addiction among young people. Speaking in Kwale County, the Mijikenda leaders attributed the mushrooming of machete-wielding gangs to drug and substance abuse,...