Tetanus vaccine row returns to haunt Kenya three years later

Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine row returns to haunt Kenya. (Photo: Courtesy)

The 2014 spat between the Catholic Bishops and State over safety of — Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine —for women is back with possible deadly health consequences.

Last week, NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga, like the Catholics, claimed the vaccine had been laced with an anti-fertility hormone that sterilised thousands of women. Before Rail’s claims on Monday, the last official public communication on the matter was made by the Church on 14 January 2015. The statement signed by all Catholic bishops led by John Cardinal Njue, Chairman, Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops insisted the vaccine had been contaminated.