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Cheap Tanzanian alcohol driving Kenyans in Namanga to early graves

Prices of alcoholic drinks is more affordable on the Tanzanian side. [Mbugua Kibera, Standard]

The rising alcohol addiction-related deaths among Kenyans at the Namanga border town requires urgent interventions by both Kajiado County and the national government. Besides deaths, alcohol has turned many people into zombies.

Hardly a month passes without reports of a Kenyan dying as a result of chronic addiction to the bottle. There are those lucky enough to have escaped death by a whisker after being treated and counselled in health facilities far from the town. That is usually done through the efforts of the addict's family members.

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