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Kenyans have been urged to turn out in Large numbers and get the Covid-19 vaccine.
Speaking earlier today, the Inter-Faith Council chairman Anthony Muheria said religious leaders should encourage members of their congregation to get vaccinated.
Archbishop Muheria said tthey are working with the government to ensure that the vaccination process reaches everyone.
“We have been informed that the government and ministry of health wishes and continues to intensify the collaboration so that these vaccines this vaccination process can reach right down to the grass root. So we ask all religious leaders to seek any opportunity to encourage those people from our religious faith group to actually take this vaccine,” said Muheria.
The chairman added that they have been promised to get the vaccines available to everyone and argued the elderly to get the vaccine since they are mostly affected by the disease as a bigger percentage are dying of the virus.
“We have offered many ways of collaboration and we are happy to note that we have been promised a closer collaboration and availability of the vaccines. The vaccinations especially of the elderly because the large part of the people who are dying are elderly is crucial and so we appeal to all people to think about their elderly parents,” he added.
Muheria thanked the Ministry of health and the Government for adding a variety of the Vaccine.He promised that the council will ensure a great percentage of Kenyans are vaccinated so that people can go back to their normal way of life.
“We want to congratulate and thank the ministry of health and the government for the new Covid vaccines that we have and hope that with a good collaboration with the religious leaders not only will we protect our citizens but we will be able to run a program strategically that soon we can have a good percentage of Kenyans vaccinated therefore enjoy a bit of normalcy,” he said.