{"id":13093,"date":"2025-06-26T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/?p=13093"},"modified":"2025-06-27T10:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T07:48:32","slug":"governor-dr-bii-pledges-support-for-rehabilitated-youths-through-uplifting-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/governor-dr-bii-pledges-support-for-rehabilitated-youths-through-uplifting-initiative","title":{"rendered":"GOVERNOR DR. BII PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR REHABILITATED YOUTHS THROUGH UPLIFTING INITIATIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Governor Dr. Jonathan Bii has reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to empowering individuals who have successfully completed the County\u2019s free three-month rehabilitation program, calling it a \u201cgame changer\u201d for Uasin Gishu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking in Moiben, Dr. Bii emphasized that drug addiction is a disease often misunderstood and praised the rehabilitation services as a transformative tool for restoring hope and dignity to those affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One such success story is Thomas Yator, a former addict who credited the Governor\u2019s initiative with saving his life. \u201cI had lost hope and even ended up in jail, but thanks to Governor Dr. Bii, I received treatment and life skills training that completely turned my life around,” he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Yator\u2019s remarkable recovery caught the attention of ADCB Director Koiya Arap Maiyo, who offered him a role at the very center that helped him heal. Maiyo praised Dr. Bii\u2019s bold vision and urged the Governor to extend similar support to women battling addiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With lives already being transformed, Dr. Bii\u2019s initiative is proving to be more than just a policy\u2014it\u2019s a lifeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Governor Dr. Jonathan Bii has reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to empowering individuals who have successfully completed the County\u2019s free three-month rehabilitation program, calling it a \u201cgame changer\u201d for Uasin Gishu. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,50,211,61,90,210,68],"tags":[11,12,89,1224],"class_list":["post-13093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","category-governors-office","category-health-news-only","category-health-services","category-healthcare-services","category-mental-health","category-nguzo-kumi-manifesto","tag-development","tag-government","tag-healthcare-services","tag-rehabilitation-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13099,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13093\/revisions\/13099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}