President Ruto chairs meeting to Accelerate National Fight Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse
The meeting, held in line with priorities set in the President’s New Year Address, focused on accelerating legal, institutional, and operational measures to curb substance abuse, emphasizing prevention, enforcement, and rehabilitation. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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President William Ruto chaired a multi-agency meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday, January 7, to intensify the government’s efforts against alcohol and drug abuse. The meeting focused on accelerating legal, institutional, and operational measures, emphasizing prevention, enforcement, and rehabilitation, in line with priorities set in the President’s New Year Address.
- A legal framework to strengthen coordination and enforcement across government agencies is to be finalized within 10 days.
- Key attendees included Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, Inspector-General of Police Douglas Kanja, and officials from NACADA, KEBS, and DCI.
- President Ruto directed the establishment of rehabilitation centres in all 47 counties, with NACADA coordinating, and national referral hospitals will also set up facilities.
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