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| Kenya Community support centre Joseph Syanda Right flanked by programs officers Kibwana Hassan |
BY
PETER KOMBE
A section of activists in Mombasa County are calling
on Coast counties to develop mechanisms on how to empower reformed drug addicts
to avoid them getting back to drug abuse.
According to the activists giving the recovering
addicts capital will ensure that they start small scale businesses that will sustain
their lives.
Speaking to the Coast newspaper on Tuesday Kenya Community
Support Centre programs officer Kibwana Suleiman urged top Coast counties health
officials to track drug reformists as they reclaim to becoming useful members of
society.
“Coast counties should come out with an alternative
way of engaging drug recovery addicts. Yes some of the have reformed and are
reforming but is there a better way of empowering these reformers,” Kibwana
said
He commended efforts by Coast Counties to build
rehabilitation centres to cater for the needs of drug addicts within the
counties.
Kibwana lauded efforts by Mombasa county government in
ensuring that locals have an access to better health care.
“Mombasa county government has done a good job but
there are a few loopholes here and there. We still have inadequate staff in
these hospitals,”
The human right defender however took issue with some
of the services offered in some of the health facilities within the county.
He urged county executive in charge of health in Mombasa
County to conduct frequent visits to all the public facilities to assess the quality
of service delivery in the facilities.
An activist who spoke on condition of anonymity says
drug menace is still a challenge in Mombasa County.
The concerned Kenyan wants the county government to invest
heavily in the construction of more rehabilitation centres and youth friendly
facilities.
“Youths are a critical component in this country and
for that matter their rights must be safeguarded,” the concerned Kenyan noted.
The Kenyan says youth play a crucial role as far as
nation building is concerned urging them to embrace life positively.
In a recent interview with the coast newspaper
recently, Reach Out centre trust Taib Abdulrahman decried limited resources to combat
drugs menace and appealed to the county to allocate more resources to drug
users program.
“We have very little resources to fight drugs menace
and this is affecting our efforts to eradicate the menace that is taking toll
of our youths,” he said.
Some of the drug rehabilitation centres in Mombasa County
include, the Mewa Drug and Treatment Centre, Reach Out Centre Trust, Miritini
Rehabilitation Centre.
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