Coronavirus Vaccine Should First Be Tested On Senior Govt Officials And Their Families Across Africa– Martha Karua

Ms. Martha Wangari Karua on Saturday challenged African leaders to test the coronavirus vaccine on themselves and their respective families.

Ms Karua said that if the Ministry of Health says Kenya is ready for the testing process, then the top government officials and their families should be first in line and by extension African leaders should test the pill before the common citizens. Enough of this rubbish from the ruling elite, she said.

Martha Karua has come out to strongly oppose the testing of the Coronavirus vaccines on Kenyans.

It was reported in a twitter handle and said, “now that @MOH_Kenya says Kenya is open to the testing of British vaccines in Kenya let them be tested on members of the cabinet and their families and thereafter all elected representatives and senior government officials.” Read a tweet from Martha Karua.

Coronavirus vaccines from the U.K

On Friday, reports emerged that scientists from Oxford University in the U.K were planning to test their vaccines in Kenya.

According to a report by the BBC, the scientists are considering trialling the vaccines in Kenya if at all they do not get the expected results in the United Kingdom.

Kenyans have since been questioning the decision to tests the vaccines in Kenya seeing that the COVID-19 cases are still low as compared to other countries.

Ministry of Health

However, the Ministry of Health on Friday refuted claims that they had welcomed the testing on Kenyans saying they are not aware of any trials. Speaking during the daily COVID-19 briefing, Health CAS Rashid Aman noted that there are ethical procedures that must be followed before approving clinical trials on Kenyans.

 Ms. Martha Wangari Karua is a Kenyan politician and an advocate of social justice. She is a former long-standing member of parliament for the Gichugu Constituency and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.