Catholic bishops maintain tetanus jab is birth control

President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) is received by Archbishop John Cardinal Njue (centre) and Kitui Bishop Anthony Muheria on arrival for the Catholic Diocese of Kitui Golden Jubilee Celebrations. The church has opposed tetanus jab.

The Conference of Catholic Bishops' Health Commission has called on the Government to come clean on the ongoing tetanus vaccination campaign, claiming the vaccine has traces of substance that cause infertility.

The commission chairman Paul Njiru said their investigations had proved that the vaccine, in similar campaign carried out in March this year, had traces of Beta human chorionic gonadotropin (B-HCG) sub-unit.