Coast drug addicts decry shortage of rehabs and counselling centers

Mashinani Watch Organisation chairperson Moffat Mutero speaks to recovering drug addicts at Frere Town in Mombasa County. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Hundreds of recovering drugs addicts in Mombasa County have decried lack of easy access to rehabilitation services to support them. Walid Mbarak from Mtwapa in Kilifi County said raising fare to travel to Freetown Centre to collect methadone dose was a major hurdle.

The recovering addicts were addressing the media at Freetown Centre where they had gone to collect doses of methadone. Officials from the Mashinani Watch Organisation were present.