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Parents: Bhang, illicit brews fuelling suicides among children

Karaini Mixed Secondary Principal Chomba Gituru displays an envelope containing bhang that he confiscated from students [PHOTO: MUNENE KAMAU/Standard]

Parents have blamed the high suicide rate among the youth in two villages on alcohol and drug abuse.

Karaini and Mutuma villages have suffered11 suicides in the recent past, according to the parents.

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