{
  "id": 12591927,
  "title": "Kirinyaga youth join war on illicit alcohol as commissioner reveals shocking suicide and HIV rates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/kirinyaga-youth-join-war-on-illicit-alcohol-as-commissioner-reveals",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T08:47:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/kirinyaga-youth-join-war-on-illicit-alcohol-as-commissioner-reveals-shocking-suicide-and-hiv-rates"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kirinyaga youth have thrown their weight behind the government’s renewed war against illicit brews, counterfeit alcohol and drug abuse, even as County Commissioner Sufaa Omar Mwijuma warned that substance abuse was increasingly putting young people at risk of HIV infections, suicide and other social ills. Mwijuma said the government was changing its approach to tackling […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}