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Why you need to think twice before taking antibiotics from local pharmacies

KEMRI Board Chair Dr Abdullahi Ali speaks during the opening of the Kenya National AMR Conference 2026 in Mombasa on January 21, 2026. [Robert Menza, Standard]

Doctors and research scientists from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) have warned Kenyans against abusing antibiotics, which has led to high cases of drug resistance and deaths.

Researchers drawn from KEMRI and the Ministry of Health said that Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is high in Kenya because of self-prescription habits by Kenyans.

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