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Group to set up centre to fight alcohol addiction

Shofco CEO Kennedy Odede offers a bursary to a beneficiary in Majengo, Nyeri County. [Ndungu Gachane]

A local community-based organisation will establish a rehabilitation centre in Nyeri County to supplement government efforts in addressing alcohol addiction.

The Shining Hope for Communities (Shofco) said this was premised on a recent survey placing Nyeri among the counties worst affected by alcoholism.

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