{"id":7605,"date":"2026-07-09T11:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tespok.co.ke\/?p=7605"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:09:52","slug":"tespok-celebrates-25-years-of-driving-kenyas-digital-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tespok.co.ke\/?p=7605","title":{"rendered":"TESPOK Celebrates 25 Years of Driving Kenya&#8217;s Digital Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tespok.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2O3A6799-1024x653.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tespok.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2O3A6799-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tespok.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2O3A6799-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tespok.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2O3A6799-768x490.png 768w, 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