Kenya is drinking itself into serious trouble. The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) puts alcohol use among Kenyans aged 15 to 65 at roughly one in eight. The heaviest burden sits on the young, those between 18 and 24. It has reported children taking a first drink as early as four. And now WHO reports 14,000 annual deaths in Kenya linked to alcohol consumption. Those figures should stop us cold.
