…… The Tetanus Vaccine
1. 2. The Tetanus Vaccine
Dear Kenyans, due to the
direction the debate on the ongoing Tetanus Vaccine campaign in Kenya is
taking, We, the Catholic Bishops, in fulfilling our prophetic role, wish
to restate our position as follows:
1. The Catholic Church is NOT opposed to regular vaccines
administered in Kenya, both in our own Church health facilities and in public
health institutions.
2. However, during the second
phase of the Tetanus vaccination campaign in March 2014, that is sponsored by
WHO/UNICEF, the Catholic Church questioned the secrecy of the exercise.
We raised questions on whether the tetanus vaccine was linked to a population
control program that has been reported in some countries, where a similar
vaccine was laced with Beta- HCG hormone which causes infertility and
multiple miscarriages in women.
3. On March 26, 2014 and October 13, 2014, we met the Cabinet
Secretary in-charge of health and the Director of Medical Services among others
and rasied our concerns about the Vaccine and agreed to jointly test the vaccine.
However the ministry did not cooperate and the joint tests were not done
4. The Catholic Church struggled and acquired several vials of the
vaccine, which we sent to Four unrelated Government and
private laboratories in Kenya and abroad.
5. We want to announce here, that all the tests showed that
the vaccine used in Kenya in March and October 2014 was indeed laced with
the Beta- HCG hormone.
6. On 13th of October 2014, the Catholic Church gave copies of the
results to the cabinet secretary and the Director of Medical Services. The same
was emailed to the Director of Medical Services on October 17, 2014.
Based on the above
grounds, We, the Catholic Bishops in Kenya, wish to State the following:
1. That we are shocked at
the level of dishonesty and casual manner in which such a serious issue is
being handled by the Government.
2. That a report presented
to the Parliamentary Committee on Health November 4, 2014 by the Ministry
of Health, claiming that the Government had tested the Vaccine and found it
clean of Beta- HCG hormone, is false and a deliberate attempt to
distort the truth and mislead 42 million Kenyans.
3. That we are dismayed by
attempts to intimidate and blackmail medical professionals who have
corroborated information about the vaccine, with threats of disciplinary
action. We commend and support all professionals who have stood by the truth.
4. That we shall not waver
in calling upon all Kenyans to avoid the tetanus vaccination campaign laced
with Beta-HCG, because we are convinced that it is indeed a disguised
population control programme.
1. 3. Corruption and National Values
Dear Kenyans, we mourn the
persistence of chronic corruption in all sectors of society-from the national
police recruitment exercise that was nullified due to corruption concerns,
national examinations whose integrity has been lost, land grabbing, missing
land and court files, and disturbing reports of misappropriation of public
resources.
We shall not get tired of
reminding the Government and all Kenyans, that corruption is a cancer that is
swiftly eating into every part of our society; one that is robbing our children
of their legacy. Unless there is a united front against this vice, we will lose
our Nation to forces of evil.
1. 4. Conclusion
Dear Kenyans, and people of
good will, We, the Catholic Bishops in Kenya, urge you to remain prayerful and
vigilant. We want to assure you, that we shall not tire of reminding the
Government of its constitutional mandate to you, dear Kenyans, to protect lives
and provide basic services-that is our pledge to you.
May the Lord guide you and keep
you safe now and forever more.
November
6th , 2014
Signed
His Eminence John
Cardinal Njue
Chairman-Kenya
Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Rt. Rev. Philip
Anyolo
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Vice Chairman (KCCB)
Homa Bay
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Most Rev. Zacchaeus Okoth
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Kisumu
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Most Rev. Peter Kairo
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Nyeri
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Rt. Rev. Philip Sulumeti
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Kakamega
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Rt. Rev. Paul Darmanin
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Garissa
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Rt. Rev. Cornelius K. Arap
Korir
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Eldoret
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Rt. Rev. Joseph Mairura
Okemwa
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Kisii
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Rt. Rev. Alfred Rotich
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Military Ordinariate
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Rt. Rev. Maurice Crowley
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Kitale
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Rt. Rev. Norman Wambua
King’oo
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Bungoma
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Rt. Rev. Peter Kihara, IMC
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Marsabit
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Rt. Rev. David Kamau Ng’ang’a - Aux. Bishop
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Nairobi
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Rt. Rev. Anthony Ireri
Mukobo, IMC
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Isiolo Vicariate
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Rt. Rev. Virgilio Pante
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Maralal
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Rt. Rev. Salesius Mugambi
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Meru
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Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Okombo
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Kericho
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Rt. Rev. Martin Kivuva
Musonde
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Machakos
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Rt. Rev. Anthony Muheria
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Kitui
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Rt. Rev. James Maria Wainaina
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Muranga
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Rt. Rev. Paul Kariuki Njiru
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Embu
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Rt. Rev. Maurice Muhatia
Makumba
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Nakuru
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Rt. Rev. Dominic Kimengich
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Lodwar
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Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Barbara
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Malindi
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Apostolic Administrator
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Mombasa
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Rt. Rev. Joseph Mbatia
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Nyahururu
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Rt. Rev. John Oballa Owaa
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Ngong
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Rt. Rev. Joseph Allesandro
Co-adjutor
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Garrisa
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