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Watchmen, teachers to blame for drug menace in schools

Nacada CEO Victor Okiama

The National Campaign Against Drug Abuse (Nacada) has revealed that at least 40 per cent of learners in secondary schools have friends and schoolmates who abuse drugs.

Speaking in Iten during a ceremony to honour more than 1,200 reformed brewers from Uasin Gishu and Elgeyo Marakwet counties, Nacada CEO Victor Okioma said a preliminary survey by the agency had also shown that primary school children were affected.

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