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Too drunk to perform: How alcohol is killing the fire in Kenya's bedrooms

'Transformer haifanyi kazi' (men are not sexually active). This day by day has been a cry of most women in the Central region alleging to spend long lonely cold nights, as their men are not able to satisfy them sexually.

Irene Wanyoike from Kiambu says a number of women are no longer able to give birth, thanks to drug and substance abuse that has left their men 'zombies'.

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