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Sects lock health officials out in polio vaccination drive

A police officer and a public health official knock on the door of a house in Watumbori, Kisumu County, Tuesday. The owner locked herself and her children inside to prevent them from being immunised.  [PHOTO:MOSE SAMMY/STANDARD]

By LEONARD KULEI, NAFTAL MAKORI and HEZRON OCHIEL

Health workers administering the polio vaccine faced fierce resistance Tuesday from more than 30 families who subscribe to a sect that does not believe in modern medicine.

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