JUST IN: NACADA: Why Private Uni Students Recorded Higher Drug Abuse Rates Than Public Institutions 

  Nearly half of Kenyan university students have experimented with at least one drug or substance in their lifetime, a new report by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has revealed. The report, Status of Drugs and Substance Use Among University Students in Kenya, examined drug and substance abuse trends among university students across the country last year. According to the findings, 45.6% of students admitted to using at least one drug or substance. The most commonly abused substances include alcohol (40.5%), cigarettes (13.4%), shisha (10.9%), vapes (8.5%), and nicotine pouches (4.6%). Additionally, students reported significant use of miraa (10.1%), muguka (9.9%), smoked
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