Drug addicts oppose plans to have Methadone services transferred to Watamu

Drug addicts within Kilifi town and its environs protesting against plans to take Methadon service to Watamu town. [Maureen Ongala/Standard]

Drug addicts took to the streets to protest plans by the Government to transfer a treatment centre to Watamu from Kilifi town.

The coastal town is reeling from drug addiction, but addicts have to travel to Malindi Rehabilitation Centre, more than 50km away, for treatment. The other alternative is Mombasa, which is more than 70km away.