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KIAMBU: As a way of promoting unity and social cohesion in the community, churches from different denominations at Igegania village in Gatundu North have begun various sporting activities in a move that further seeks to strengthen their bonds.

The idea that was birthed by elders from AIPCA Karure and St Mary Igegania Catholic churches in the village as a way of reaching out to the community has been bringing soccer, volleyball and netball players together.

According to Karure location Senior Chief Simon Waweru who is also a senior men player for the AIPCA side, the sporting activities have been attracting hundreds of villagers including youngsters who would otherwise be engaging in immorality and drug abuse.

Since the sporting activities started, Waweru noted that drugs and substance abuse in the village has continually diminished, insisting that the main vision of the games is to not only grow talents but also to mitigate the drug menace which has stolen the lives of many youths in the constituency.