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 on the Coast is fuelled 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, urging the government to declare an all-out war on drug barons, who they say are destroying the lives of youth who end up engaging in criminal activities due to addiction.
