War on drugs sets sights on big guns, banks on new law

A medical worker treats one of the drug addicts in Mombasa. There is a swelling number of people abusing drugs at the Coast. Almost close to one million people abuse one substance or the other which translates to about 29.3% of the Coast population. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

Drugs have devastated thousands of homes in Coast and ruined millions of lives. However, there is a glimmer of hope.

Security chiefs at the Coast say things have changed following a sustained war on drug lords.