OPINION: Caren Wakoli mentoring youth to eradicate poverty

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu Caren Wakoli is the Executive Director at Emerging Leaders Foundation. She calls herself a student of life,...

Caren Wakoli , Emerging Leaders Foundation , YALI

OPINION: Why the media should stop stigmatizing drug ‘addiction’

By Guest Writer,

By Simon Mwangi An executive order issued last week by President Uhuru Kenyatta on establishment of an ultra-modern National Mental hospital in...

Addiction , Drug Abuse

NACADA warns bars, wines & spirits joints against flouting operation guidelines

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The National Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has warned operators of wines and spirits joints against allowing consumption of alcohol...

NACADA moves to support Conjestina Achieng’s treatment

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya’s former boxing champion, Conjestina Achieng, is responding well to treatment following her admission to Mediva Wellness Centre, a rehabilitat...

Conjestina Achieng , NACADA

NACADA partners with KPA to fight drug abuse in the Coast

By Citizen Reporter,

The fight against drug and alcohol abuse in the Coast region has received a boost after Kenya Ports Authority donated Ksh.1 million to the Miritini Re...

KPA , NACADA

No importation or exportation of alcoholic drinks without NACADA approval

By Citizen Reporter,

The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) will now be licensing importation and exportation of all alcoholic dri...

bars , NACADA

NACADA partners with KARA to regulate drinking in residential areas

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) will collaborate with the Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations (KAR...

NACADA

NACADA cautions Kenyans against drinking alcohol at home

By Ian Omondi,

NACADA has cautioned members of the public against a growing trend of alcohol consumption from home saying it exposes children to underage drinking. ...

alcohol , COVID-19 , NACADA , Prof. Mabel Imbuga

3 fake journalists posing as Citizen TV crew charged with intent to defraud Mututho

By Robert Maina,

Three people posing as Citizen TV journalists have been charged with impersonation and intent to defraud former Nacada boss John Mututho. Peter Majau...

fake Citizen TV journalists , Peter Majau Kimani

Three arrested in Nakuru masquerading as Citizen TV journalists

By Citizen Reporter,

Three quack journalists were on Tuesday arrested in Pipeline area of Nakuru Town after they sought an interview from former NACADA Chairman John Mutut...

Citizen TV , Fake journalists , JOHN MUTUTHO , Nakuru County

Uhuru appoints former Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo as NTSA Chairperson

By Ian Omondi,

Former Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo has landed a new role as Chairperson of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA). The appointm...

agnes odhiambo , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Prof. Mabel Imbuga

OPINION: Uhuru’s support for war on drugs key in keeping the country clean

By Citizen,

By Michael Cherambos The war on drugs is not an issue typically associated with our country. Although Kenyans are not major consumers of drugs, our...

In remote corner of Kenyan Coast, Red Cross fights drug addiction

By VOA,

A new drug rehabilitation center on the Kenyan coast is working to help heroin addicts turn their lives around. The facility, run by the Kenya Red Cro...

drug addiction , Kenya Red Cross , Kenyan Coast , NACADA

4-year-old children are abusing drugs – NACADA report reveals

By Dennis Musau,

School children as young as four years old are abusing drugs, the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has reve...

Drug Abuse , NACADA

Chipukeezy, NACADA officers visit home of schoolgirl whose video caused uproar

By Emilio Muriithi,

Officials from the National Agency for the Campaign against Drug Abuse (Nacada) on Saturday visited the home of a schoolgirl who was caught on video w...

Chipukeezy , drunk schoolgirl video , NACADA

Priest posing as NACADA officer attacked over Ksh.500

By Johnson Muriithi,

A priest in Kirinyaga narrowly escaped death after an angry mob pounced on him for posing as an officer from the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse ...

priest

‘Weed’ cakes put Maasai Mara students in trouble

By Reuben Motochi,

Police in Narok have arrested two Maasai Mara University students who were busted baking ‘weed’ cakes. Weed is slang for cannabis sativa or mar...

marijuana , weed cakes

NACADA shuts down non-compliant bars in Embu

By Anthony Ndwiga,

The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) on Sunday closed down several premises across Embu County over non-com...

illicit brew crackdown , NACADA , Police

Governor Waititu to be personally involved in bar licencing

By Abednego Tendu,

Kiambu County Governor Ferdinand Waititu has said that his office will be more involved in the issuance of licences to bar owners in the county to cur...

Governor Ferdinand Waititu , JOHN MUTUTHO , Kiambu County , Kiambu county alcoholic law

Kirinyaga factory closed down over counterfeit products

By Johnson Muriithi,

A factory in Kirinyaga County has been shut down for manufacturing counterfeit products. According to County Commissioner Mohammed Birik, the items...

Anti-Counterfeit Agency , counterfeits , Kirinyaga , Mohammed Birik , NACADA