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Sobering tales of Sh1b project to help alcoholics ditch tipple

Chairman of Makwa Kaa Sober Programme, Benard Chege Ngugi shows where brewers used to make illicit brews at River Chania in Gatundu, Kiambu County. (Beverlyne Musili, Standard)

All his life, the 45-year-old father of four has never taken alcohol. His wife, Alice, Wangari, can attest to that.

Yet Bernard Chege is today a happy man, thanks to a multi-million shilling project to rehabilitate alcoholics.

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