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

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

Southampton boss blocks hotel wifi access for players

By Reuters,

Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuettl has ordered team hotels to block his players from having wifi access as he wants to prevent them from becoming v...

Ralph Hasenhuettl , Southampton

Philadelphia mulls supervised injections to cut drug deaths

By VOA,

For nearly two decades, Vancouver, the epicenter of Canada's increasingly deadly drug epidemic, has embraced an initiative that was once dismissed as ...

Philadelphia.

Why cutting calories won’t keep the weight off

By CNN,

Diets do not work. The scientific evidence is clear as can be that cutting calories simply doesn't lead to long-term weight loss or health gains. ...

dieting , weight loss

Bondo fishermen warned against using illegal gear

By George Amolo,

Fishermen in Bondo have been given a three-day notice to remove all illegal fishing gear from the waters of Lake Victoria,  failure to which they wil...

Beach Management Unit Network , Bondo sub county , Chairman Mr. Johannes Gaunye , Joseph Ogwel , Siaya town

Philippines’ Duterte likens rights chief to paedophile

By AFP,

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has likened the nation's human rights commissioner to a "paedophile" for expressing concern over teenagers who po...

Duterte , Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte , rights

Adult gambling addiction tied to childhood trauma

By Reuters,

Men with gambling addictions are more likely than their peers to have endured childhood traumas like physical abuse or violence at home, and treatment...

Kwale drug addicts get medication

By Lawrence Nganga,

After a long wait for detoxification program for drug addicts in Kwale County, two containers arrived in the county ready to set up a methadone clinic...

drug addicts , Kwatsle County , Methadone inhaler

Gov’t will not arrest drug addicts – County Commissioner

By Nicky Gitonga,

Kwale County Commissioner, Kutswa Olaka, has assured 4,200 victims of drugs addiction in the county that the government will neither harass nor arrest...

Drugs Addicts , Kwale County Commissioner Kutswa Olaka , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Philippine President Duterte rejects Hitler comparison

By VOA,

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman says the president rejects being labeled as a mass murderer or linking himself to Nazi leader Adolf H...

Philippines President Duterte likens himself to Hitler

By CNN,

When comparing yourself to world leaders or historical figures, there are perhaps less controversial choices than Adolf Hitler. Philippines Presi...

hilter , Philippines , Philippines President Duterte likens himself to Hitler , President Duterte

Drug addicts want county’s assistance

By Lawrence Nganga,

Drug addicts in Kwale County on Tuesday called on the County Government and other stakeholders to provide them with methadone in order to help them o...

county govt , drug addicts , HEROIN , Kwale County , methadone drugs

Six students arrested with bhang, admit to being addicted

By Evans Asiba,

Six students from Oldonyo Mara Secondary School in Kabazi, Subukia sub County are being held at Kirengero Police Station after they were nabbed smokin...

arrested , bhang , Kabazi , Kirengero police station , Oldonyo Mara secondary school , Principal , Six students , smoking , Subukia

NACADA raises alarm over illegal rehabilitation centers

By Citizen Reporter,

The National Authority for Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has expressed its concern over the mushrooming of illegal rehabilitation c...

drugs , kenya , NACADA , NACADA chair John Mututho , National Authority for Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse , rehabilitation centers

Drug addicts vandalizing transformers for hallucinatory effects

By Wangui Ngechu,

Vandalism of electricity transformers has taken a new turn in Mombasa with drug addicts now targeting the machines for chemicals that provide halluci...

Bombolulu , Changamwe , drug addicts , electricity transformers , hallucinatory effects , KENYA POWER , Mishomoroni , Mombasa , Mvita , nyali , stealing , target

Nairobi to carry out crackdown on liquor outlets

By Maureen Murimi,

The Nairobi County Liquor licensing Board has announced plans to carry out random sampling of all liquor outlets and producers to ensure the standards...

illicit brew , illicit liquor , kenya , liqour sellers , liquor

NYS will reclaim lost glory, promises new boss Ndubai

By Maureen Murimi,

The new National Youth Service (NYS) Director General Richard Ndubai has promised to restore NYS’s lost glory after corruption scandals rocked the i...

ANNE WAIGURU , kenya , NYS , NYS Director General Richard Ndubai , NYS scandal , Richard Ndubai

‘Unforgettable’ singer Natalie Cole dead at 65

By Agencies,

Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole, whose biggest hit came in a virtual duet with her late father, pop legend Nat King Cole, of his decades-old hit "U...

dead , Grammy-winning singer , HEROIN , JAZZ , Natalie Cole , R&B , Rehabillitation

Of race, prejudice and stereotype in London

By Jeeh Wanjura,

They were only eleven in her class and because the course work was heavy on shared assignments, they had inevitably developed strong bonds beyond the ...

London. , race , racism , wanjurah , `