Nacada members want board disbanded

Two members of the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada) board want the agency disbanded.

The two, Mr Charles Njagua, alias Jaguar, and Sheikh Juma Ngao are accusing senior officials in the agency of failing to deal with drug abuse in the country.

Mr Njagua asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to disband the agency and appoint new people who are willing to help addicts.

He said corruption was rife in Nacada.

The agency is headed by Mr John Mututho and Chief Executive Officer William Okedi.

Mr Njagua and Sheikh Ngao spoke when they visited Coast Provincial General Hospital’s rehabilitation centre and later met drug addicts in Kisauni on Sunday.

They claimed that Nacada officials and police had failed to implement President Kenyatta’s orders on the war against drugs in the Coast region.

“I have toured rehab facilities and it is very disappointing and shameful that as a director, I have seen a rehab centre at Coast General and Provincial Hospital with only two people,” Mr Njagua said.

Sheikh Ngao said the Mombasa County Stadium should be used as a rehabilitation centre for all addicts.

“Nacada has failed, it must be disbanded and new directors appointed. We don’t want boardroom meetings, we want people (at) the grassroots level,” he said.

However, Reachout Centre Director Taib Abdulrahman and Julius Ogogoh, the executive director of the Commission for Human Rights and Justice, criticised the two Nacada board members, challenging them to reveal to Kenyans their achievements at the agency.

“They are directors at Nacada yet they are calling for its disbandment, what are they telling Kenyans? What have they done while at the agency?” Mr Abdulrahman asked.