A man from Laikipia county has taken to social media to share heartbreaking news and raise awareness about substance abuse. Laikipia man Ngoitoi Kamwe shows the graves of his childhood friends (l). Ngoitoi posing for a photo. TikTok user Ngoitoi Kamwe boldly declared he would not remain silent until he sees change in his home village. He was shattered and depressed by the situation in his rural area, demanding immediate action. Kamwe shared his distress in a TikTok video, explaining why he was especially angry with the authorities.
“Guys, I have come to my home village in Laikipia. I travelled from Nairobi, where I’ve been staying for one and a half years. When I arrived home, I found almost all my childhood friendsm, those I went to school with, are dead,” he heartbreakingly shared. What was the reason behind the death of Kamwe’s friends? He recorded himself on camera, showing the background filled with graves marked with crosses. It was clear the graves belonged to his childhood friends and classmates, which deeply hurt him as he walked past them. “Alcohol is the reason they are dead. Alcohol has destroyed and killed them, specifically illicit brew (chang’aa). I am stunned. Just take a look at this, and it has only been one and a half years,” he said as he panned the camera, capturing the graves of his friends. Ngoitoi Kamwe’s advice to villagers
The graves were close to one another, as seen in the video, with crosses erected side by side. The burial ground stretched widely, with only a small portion covered by vegetation while the rest was filled with graves of Kamwe’s peers. “All these people have died because of illicit brew. Almost half of them are gone because of it. These are young men who were born between 1990 and 1995. Imagine asking about your friend, only to be told he died of illicit brew the other day. You ask about another, and the story is the same, he died of illicit brew,” he painfully said.
Kamwe urged the villagers to stop brewing the deadly drink, warning it would wipe out a large number of young people. Kenyans react to Ngoitoi Kamwe’s video His video went viral as social media users flocked to the comment section to react to the painful message: Ismail TruBlu: “Kwani watu huko wanazikwa public cemetery? I’m just asking, because normally mtu huzikwa kwao, especially akifia countryside.” Maggie Msoo: “Kuja Kiambu, every week we are burying young men because of these drinks. Mjuange kila mahali hii Kenya watu hukunywa pombe kabisa, but ile pombe inaletwa Central Kenya imejaa methanol ndio mkufe haraka. Serikali inajua ni sisi Wakikuyu ndio tuko na kura nyingi kuliko wengine, so lazima tumalizwe na kile kitu tunapenda.” Simon de Morata: “Wueeh, too bad aki. That place na chang’aa, wacha tu. Something should be done before it’s too much.” Ethan_denis 🇰🇪🇺🇲: “Hapo tulizika beshte yangu anaitwa Kennedy Ndung’u man 💔 chronic pancreatitis.” benapeters7: “Mimi kwetu Tandare, my classmates kama saba washazikwa.”
By John Green
