Botched jabs: Busia County gov't to compensate families of children paralyzed by toxic vaccine

A father holds his daughter who was partly paralysed after receiving a toxic malaria injection at the Akichelesit dispensary in Busia County in 2015 (Chrispen Sechere)

The Busia County Government has set aside Sh42 million to compensate the families of children who received a toxic malaria injection in 2015.

This was revealed after Chief Officer in the Governor’s Office Ezekiel Okwach met with the affected children and their parents in the county headquarters on Monday.