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Infidelity, loneliness driving women into alcoholism

 Nearly half of all adult women report drinking alcohol four times a week on average. [iStockphoto]

The number of women alcoholics in Kenya has been increasing with Nairobi leading, followed by Nakuru and Kiambu.

Counties with patriarchal societal hierarchies and strong paternalistic cultures have the least female alcoholics in the country alongside those where religion frowns at alcohol consumption.

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