Two members of the National Authority For The Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse(NACADA) board have accused senior officials at the agency of failing to deal with the drug abuse in the country.
While visiting a rehabilitation centre at the Coast General Hospital, Charles Njagua also known as Jaguar and Sheikh Juma Ngao said that NACADA officials and police officers had failed to carry out President Kenyatta’s orders on the war against drugs in Coast.
“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,” Njagua said.
He added that President Uhuru Kenyatta should disband the authority and incorporate new people into the organization who were willing to aid addicts.
Sheikh Ngao supported Njagua's message suggesting that the Mombasa County Stadium be used as a rehabilitation centre.
“NACADA has failed, it must be disbanded and new directors appointed. We don’t want board room meetings, we want people in the grassroots level,” he said.
Reachout Center Director Taib Abdulrahman and Julius Ogogoh, the executive director of the Commission for Human Rights and Justice however, asked the two board members to show 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?” Abdulrahman asked.
Jaguar had in the past threatened to quit the organization if the corruption claims being lodged against NACADA were not addressed. The musician who was appointed to the board by the President gave an ultimatum in June to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Interior CS Joseph Nkaiserry to look into the corruption allegations, or he would quit.
The board is headed by Chairman John Mututho and Chief Executive Officer Dr William Okedi.
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