The law is lenient on drug war - Pastor Dorcas Rigathi
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Pastor Dorcas Rigathi gives her speech during the Kabete Medical Camp against alcohol, and drug addictions at the Kibichiku Secondary School Grounds on February 6, 2024. Photo/OSDP
The Spouse of the Deputy President Pastor
Dorcas Rigathi expressed concern that the laws in the country are soft on drug
peddlers, drug barons, brewers of illicit brews, and sellers of second
generation brews.
Speaking during a clergy meeting at a church
in Kabete, Kiambu County, on Tuesday, Pastor Dorcas said; “The law is very
lenient to the murderers of our children.”
She vowed to push against the tide of
addictions through the campaign she initiated last year dubbed “the boy child
program” with both preventive and curative programs.
“If the law does not fight it, we shall fight
spiritually. We must give hope, strengthen and encourage them,” she said,
adding that already the office of the Spouse of the Deputy President (OSDP) has
rehabilitated tens of men from addictions from different parts of the country.
She also challenged the church to speak out
against the vices working against the welfare of Kenyans, especially the youth.
“A mature church speaks the truth, and the
church must start speaking,” said Pastor Dorcas.
The 6th Bishop of Mt. Kenya
South, Canon Charles Muturi, under the Anglican Church who hosted her commended
her for the fight against addictions.
The Anglican Church in the region has also
started two programs seeking to empower the boy child and fight alcoholism, dubbed;
‘Kanisa Madukani’ and ‘Kanisa Mashinani.’
“We do not seek fame but we must fight for
our children and save our brothers and children, for the glory of God. As the
church, for many years, we kept quiet and watched as alcohol was brought to our
neighbourhoods, and sold to our children,” said Bishop Muturi.
Bishop Muturi reminded the church that “it is
easier to build a boy than repair a man.”
Kiambu Deputy Governor Rosemary Kirika warned
the residents against consuming alcohol because of the health ailments the
drinks caused the body.
Kabete MP Githua Wamacukuru said that alcohol
had robbed the area of their fathers, sons and children.
Area MCA Grace Hinga decried the alcoholism
in Kabete, speaking for hundreds of mothers and fathers in the area who had
buried their children because of illicit brews.
”I buried my eldest son last year because of
alcohol, and the wound is still very fresh. We are burying our soul , and
blood. As you (Pastor) Dorcas fight this dragon, know it is a big dragon. We
are very bitter as mothers of Kabete,” said MCA Hinga.
Pastor Dorcas and the OSDP also held a
medical camp targeting those in addictions at the Kibichiku Secondary School
Grounds in Kabete.
Hundreds turned up for the exercise that
included VCT, eye checkups, ENT, blood pressure, and general body check-ups
among others. Similar medical camps have been held in Kisii, Nairobi, Mombasa,
Kiambu, and Embu.
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