Tragic Incident in Pastor Dorcas's Life that Made Her Passionate About The Fight Against Alcoholism

Pastor Dorcas Rigathi has opened up on why she is so passionate about the fight against alcoholism and drug abuse. 

Speaking on Tuesday, January 16 at the University of Embu, Pastor Dorcas told the students that she buried her own brother because of alcohol. 

“Don’t think I do all these things (fighting against drugs and alcoholism) without background or something that has happened to my family. We have lost brothers to alcohol, my own brother, and my brother-in-law. One of those we buried was an engineer, another one was a medical doctor in South Africa.

"When I speak, I speak as one who has knowledge of what that thing can do, "Pastor Dorcas told the university students.

Pastor Dorcas has been at the forefront of the fight against alcoholism and drug abuse in the country. 

In October 2023, she launched a wellness and Rehabilitation Centre in Rumuruti, Laikipia County.

"In this place (Wellness and Rehabilitation Centre) we are going to do something that has not been done before, and that is going to be done by the national government, the county governments and the judiciary, where our children who are caught in schools and have been arrested for other petty crimes and they are in prisons, we want to have a detention centre here where they will be moved and join the others for rehabilitation. They will also be trained so that by the time they are done, they will be productive members of society," she said during the launch. 

In January 2024, Pastor Dorcas launched a football tournament targeting reforming and reformed addicts from alcoholism, drugs, and substance abuse at the Mutuini Grounds in Dagoreti South Nairobi.