{"id":203984,"date":"2024-07-29T03:45:39","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T03:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T03:45:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T03:45:39","slug":"dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorcas Rigathi Reports Progress in Fight Against Drug and Substance Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309371\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dorcas.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-309371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dorcas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\"  \/>Pastor Dorcas Rigathi, the spouse of the Deputy President, commended the progress in the fight against alcoholism, drugs, and substance abuse, highlighting successful efforts in these areas.<\/p>\n<p>She spoke at a sensitization forum held at Machakos University grounds, attended by high school students from 20 schools and over 5,000 clergy from the Lower Eastern region.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI will continue with affirmative action for the boy child so that men can live and not die, and stay away from alcohol and drugs,\u201d<\/em> said Pastor Dorcas.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAlcohol and drug abuse does not discriminate based on religion. We have very serious addictions, in all religions, and across races. Drug addiction is in all homes, among the poor and the rich. This is a demon traversing all boundaries ravaging our children and communities. Many mothers and fathers are troubled, and we must do something about it,\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/p>\n<p>NACADA Eastern Region Manager Alex Njeru and other NACADA officials informed the students and clergy about emerging trends in drug abuse. They discussed ways to handle addiction during rehabilitation, post-rehabilitation, and how to care for those who relapse.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cKenyans have a habit of binge drinking \u2018chafua meza\u2019, a situation where alcoholic drinks line a table. However, these kinds of leisure activities that involve addictive substances result in increased family problems, malnutrition, and cancer of the mouth, stomach, and throat among others,\u201d<\/em> warned Mr. Njeru.<\/p>\n<p>Machakos University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Joyce Agalo cautioned that addictions lead to student dropouts, abusive relationships, poor health, strained family relationships, low academic performance, loss of future opportunities, loss of self-identity, and even suicide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Dorcas Rigathi, the spouse of the Deputy President, commended the progress in the fight against alcoholism, drugs, and substance abuse, highlighting successful efforts in these areas. She spoke at a sensitization forum held at Machakos University grounds, attended by high school students from 20 schools and over 5,000 clergy from the Lower Eastern region. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dorcas Rigathi Reports Progress in Fight Against Drug and Substance Abuse - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dorcas Rigathi Reports Progress in Fight Against Drug and Substance Abuse - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pastor Dorcas Rigathi, the spouse of the Deputy President, commended the progress in the fight against alcoholism, drugs, and substance abuse, highlighting successful efforts in these areas. She spoke at a sensitization forum held at Machakos University grounds, attended by high school students from 20 schools and over 5,000 clergy from the Lower Eastern region. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-29T03:45:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Dorcas Rigathi Reports Progress in Fight Against Drug and Substance Abuse\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-29T03:45:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":269,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Kenya News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dorcas Rigathi Reports Progress in Fight Against Drug and Substance Abuse - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-29T03:45:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/29\\\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dorcas Rigathi Reports Progress in Fight Against Drug and Substance Abuse\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dorcas Rigathi Reports Progress in Fight Against Drug and Substance Abuse - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dorcas Rigathi Reports Progress in Fight Against Drug and Substance Abuse - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Pastor Dorcas Rigathi, the spouse of the Deputy President, commended the progress in the fight against alcoholism, drugs, and substance abuse, highlighting successful efforts in these areas. She spoke at a sensitization forum held at Machakos University grounds, attended by high school students from 20 schools and over 5,000 clergy from the Lower Eastern region. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-07-29T03:45:39+00:00","author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Dorcas Rigathi Reports Progress in Fight Against Drug and Substance Abuse","datePublished":"2024-07-29T03:45:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/"},"wordCount":269,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Kenya News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/","name":"Dorcas Rigathi Reports Progress in Fight Against Drug and Substance Abuse - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2024-07-29T03:45:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/29\/dorcas-rigathi-reports-progress-in-fight-against-drug-and-substance-abuse\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dorcas Rigathi Reports Progress in Fight Against Drug and Substance Abuse"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}