Busia children sue for injection gone terribly wrong

Chrispus Osiya, who is among the 20 children who were paralysed following a routine malaria injection at a dispensary run by the county government in Teso, Busia county. The 20 now want the county government to pay for medical negligence. (PHOTO: FILE/ STANDARD)

Three-year-old Ian Pamba, whose limbs were deformed shortly after getting an immunisation jab, has every reason to sue his county government.

Ian, like 28 other children in Busia, was paralysed after an injection meant to make him well went all awry.