{"id":8957,"date":"2017-04-15T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T01:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scai.kibu.ac.ke\/?page_id=124"},"modified":"2025-12-22T13:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:10:43","slug":"core-values-purpose-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kibu.ac.ke\/scai\/core-values-purpose-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Values, Purpose &#038; Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8957\" class=\"elementor elementor-8957\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24bffc5b elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24bffc5b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 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