{"id":295,"date":"2026-08-06T13:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nairobi.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_organizer&#038;p=295"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:52:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:52:42","slug":"norman-mithika","status":"publish","type":"wcb_organizer","link":"https:\/\/nairobi.wordcamp.org\/2026\/organizer\/norman-mithika\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman Mithika"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-states-1864536a is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1c29935c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-states-ccfce0db wp-container-content-e9664bc0 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-grey-orangish-background-color has-background wp-states-d3b6e558 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ff584aea wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" 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