Let’s talk about Kenya’s alcoholism

Kenya has some of the worst alcoholism of any nation in Africa. PHOTO | NMG

I have lived in three cultures where alcohol is a huge part of everyday culture. Yet, as reports proliferate, worldwide, about surging alcohol use during the Covid pandemic, Kenya must surely be among the worst of the three.

And, seemingly, without any sight of relief from a level of substance abuse that has created a nation with one leg cut off — as some huge proportion of our male population lives from drunken day to drunken day.

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