Ensure Your Livestock Are Vaccinated Says CS Karanja
Ensure Your Livestock Are Vaccinated Says CS Karanja
The Cabinet Secretary has said the vaccination drive targeting over 22 million heads of livestock is aimed at boosting the health of livestock in all parts of the country and will shield them from communicable diseases that have been affecting them from time to time.
He said many counties have been experiencing out-breaks and carrying out individual vaccination campaigns that have proven unsuccessful.
“This is for the benefit of the country and will shield livestock from diseases like foot and mouth that have been a challenge in the past,” he said.
“Currently, one county carries out vaccination drives but others don’t so they are ineffective. That’s why we have started a national campaign.”
Karanja assured Kenyans that the vaccines would be safe and of good quality, encouraging Kenyans to bring out their livestock for vaccination once the drive starts.
He dismissed claims by some political leaders that the government has an ulterior motive in the vaccination drive.
Wiper party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has claimed that there is a foreign agenda in the campaign and that it will alter the genetic structure of local livestock breeds.
This, Kalonzo has said, will have adverse effects on the health of Kenyans.
But Karanja said the vaccines will be produced locally at the Kenya Veterinary Vaccines Production Institute (Kevevipa).
“Farmers from all over the country, especially livestock farmers, come out in large numbers in January. The vaccines are produced locally. They will not be imported from any other country”.
Karanja spoke at Karima Mwaro primary school in Kandara sub-county during the groundbreaking ceremony of three Junior Secondary School classrooms.
He echoed President William Ruto’s statement that rubbished those opposed to the exercise that he said would greatly boost livestock production.
The President who spoke at the fourth Pastoralist Leadership Summit in Wajir County said some local leaders have developed the habit of opposing projects for the sake of it, urging pastoralist communities to support it.
Ensure Your Livestock Are Vaccinated Says CS Karanja
