PHOTO | FILEHIV/AIDS prevalence in Murang’a has gone up from two to five percent within a period of three years. This was blamed on alcoholism and rich men who lure college girls with money in what is colloquially known as “sponsorship”. According to Ms Mary Ng’ethe, Executive Director of Masaa Africa, an organisation that deals with HIV/AIDS, the rate of new HIV infections in the county is shocking and various measures should be employed to curb the menace. Ms Ng’ethe said those mostly affected by the disease are women, a pattern attributed to extra marital affairs. “Murang’a and indeed Kenya as a whole has a challenge in addressing the menace of alcohol and drug abuse.

Source: Daily Nation March 10, 2017 06:18 UTC