Deputy President Righathi Gachagua’s wife, Pastor Doracas Righathi, has urged parents to embrace their children addicted to alcohol and drug abuse and treat them equally.
She noted that there is a need for such children to be loved and understood by their families for them to heal.
Speaking on Sunday evening during a football tournament in Kiambu between the Jubilee Christian Church team and Heroes of Christ, she said stigmatizing and condemning them will push them away from their recovery.
“Drug addiction and alcoholism is a disease. You cannot condemn people who are sick, what you need is to understand them and help them to overcome."
Pastor Dorcas said her office works to rehabilitate addicts in inpatient and outpatient programs.
“We don’t stigmatize this thing (Alcoholism). If your child is on drugs, don’t be ashamed. Bring them and we will work towards validating their dream. Do not reject your children. It is for us as parents, as a society, as a community to make sure that this generation is not lost.”
A squad of people in alcoholism, drug addiction, and recovery who had received technical instruction and counselling came together for the event.
According to Kiambu Sub County DCC Titus Macharia, the administration and the community have worked together to make success in the region's fight against alcoholism.
“Without the people being sober, no matter what the government does, we will not benefit from the things the government does. In Kiambu we have reduced the consumption of illicit brews to the barest minimum. “He said.
