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Teenagers fight to escape neglect, broken families

At Blue Cross Rehabilitation Centre in Kibos, Kisumu, teenagers talk in low tones about how they got hooked to drugs.

They are between 13 and 17 years and have battled addiction. The project manager Brian Magwero says the programme spread across the county has 500 teenagers who are struggling to construct their lives after battling addiction and substance abuse.

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