Acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i on Monday revealed that he deported 30 drug peddlers posing as students in 2016.
Speaking during a conference on drug trafficking at Windsor Hotel in Nairobi, Dr. Matiang'i highlighted that drug traffickers were devising new means of smuggling drugs like using prisons.
“They have experimented in the manufacture of synthetic drugs such as Amphetamine-type stimulants and new psychoactive substances, which have proved to be more fatal than traditional substances because their composition is unknown,” he explained.
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He urged all the African countries to come up with effective measures to tackle the drug problem.
"I think if we are to slay the dragon of drug trafficking we must have a multifaceted approach, we have to bring synergies together around this subject.
"The danger that awaits us is if the drug traffickers make it to the organ of decision making in governance, it will be more than difficult but we must act now," he explained.
Dr Matiang'i stated that corruption, governance instability, and money laundering were some of the challenges facing the fight against the drug menace.
He urged for African unity by using a well-coordinated approach with all the member countries to arrest the smugglers.
He further called for African countries to strengthen their legal and institutional framework to make the fight fruitful.
The acting Interior CS assured of Kenya's willingness to cooperate with other African countries curbing the drug trafficking menace.
"We must collaborate, it can never be left to one country or block," he affirmed.
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