UN boosts Kenya's fight against drugs with 30 new testing kits

NACADA Chief Executive Anthony Omerikwa with UNODC's Boniface Wilunda during the handover of drug testing kits in Nairobi on Monday, August 25.

The war on drugs in Kenya has received a boost after the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) donated 30 new drug and precursor testing kits in the fight against the vice.

In a statement on Monday, August 25, the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) said the kits will strengthen enforcement and detection efforts across the country.