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Volunteers roll up their sleeves to rescue peers from alcoholism

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Christopher Kinyua during a workshop to rehabilitate alcohol addicts in Witeithie estate Juja, Kiambu county on Thursday. [Gitau Wanyoike, Standard]

Christopher Kinyua, a university graduate, regrets that his academic certificates are gathering dust at home as he suffers, drowning in alcoholism.

Mr Kinyua acquired a diploma in laboratory technology, a higher diploma in medical biotechnology and later graduated with a degree in Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Jomo Kenyatta University and Technology (JKUAT).

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