Miraa chewers are putting themselves in danger by abusing a cough syrup which they use as a sweetener, medical experts have warned.

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board Wednesday raised the alarm over increased use of fake sex-enhancing drugs in the Kenyan market.

Mombasa County health officials have issued an alert over an outbreak of potentially fatal Dengue Fever after 150 cases were diagnosed with the mosquito-borne tropical disease in several health centers across the county.

That drug abuse has enslaved thousands of youths and arrested socio-economic development at the Kenyan Coast is not in doubt.