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Welcome to alcohol-free island that is Kijabe town

A section of Kijabe Missionary centre in Limuru where alcohol businesses rarely survive. [Photo: David Njaaga/Standard]

For as long as many a resident can remember, there have been few or no alcohol and cigarette fumes in this area.

Smack in the middle of Kiambu, Central Kenya, which has become one big beer and spirit drinking belt with disastrous results, Kijabe is an island of sorts.

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