{"id":24855,"date":"2021-03-26T20:53:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=24855"},"modified":"2021-03-26T20:53:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:53:27","slug":"uhuru-vaccinated-on-live-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/uhuru-vaccinated-on-live-tv","title":{"rendered":"Uhuru Vaccinated on Live TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Friday, March 26, got vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine in full glare of the cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Leading by example, the president stated that the move would\u00a0encourage Kenyans to take important injection amid rising cases.<\/p>\n<p>The president got the jab alongside first lady\u00a0<strong>Margaret Kenyatta<\/strong>, Interior CS\u00a0<strong>Fred Matiang&#8217;i<\/strong>, Health CS\u00a0<strong>Mutahi Kagwe<\/strong>, Nyeri archbishop<strong>\u00a0Anthony Muheria\u00a0<\/strong>and Foreign Affairs CS\u00a0<strong>Rachel Omamo\u00a0<\/strong>and other leaders.<\/p>\n<article data-align=\"center\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenyans.co.ke\/files\/styles\/article_inner_mobile\/public\/images\/media\/Health%20CS%20Mutahi%20Kagwe%20addressing%20the%20media%20on%20October%202020.jpg?itok=4EwvncAk\" alt=\"Mutahi\" width=\"470\" height=\"314\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>Earlier, the president had\u00a0ordered\u00a0members of his Cabinet and senior\u00a0staff in his executive office to take the jabs as a way of encouraging public uptake.<\/p>\n<p>President Kenyatta told his officials to\u00a0lead by example and get the COVID-19 jab\u00a0in an effort to\u00a0ramp up the rollout of the national vaccination\u00a0program.<\/p>\n<p>Following the order,\u00a0State House Chief of Staff\u00a0<strong>Nzioka Waita<\/strong>,\u00a0Industrialization\u00a0CS\u00a0<strong>Betty Maina<\/strong>,\u00a0Public Service CS<strong>\u00a0Margaret Kobia<\/strong>,\u00a0Defense CS\u00a0<strong>Monica Juma<\/strong>, have all taken the jab.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, West Pokot Governor\u00a0<strong>John Lonyangapou<\/strong>\u00a0threatened to fire\u00a0county government employees\u00a0who will fail to receive the\u00a0Covid-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>According to the governor, those who reject the jab set a bad example to residents of West Pokot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will fire whoever refuses to take the vaccine because I don&#8217;t see why I should work with people who set a bad example to the people of West Pokot,&#8221; the governor asserted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Friday, March 26, got vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine in full glare of the cameras. Leading by example, the president stated that the move would\u00a0encourage Kenyans to take important injection amid rising cases. The president got the jab alongside first lady\u00a0Margaret Kenyatta, Interior CS\u00a0Fred Matiang&#8217;i, Health CS\u00a0Mutahi Kagwe, Nyeri [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":24847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,2111,7,8,12],"tags":[7826,136],"class_list":["post-24855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-coronavirus-in-kenya","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-covid-19-vaccination","tag-uhuru-kenyatta"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uhuru Vaccinated on Live TV - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Friday, March 26, got vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine in full glare of the cameras\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/uhuru-vaccinated-on-live-tv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uhuru Vaccinated on Live TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Friday, March 26, got vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine in full glare of the cameras\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/uhuru-vaccinated-on-live-tv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-26T20:53:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-03-26-at-4.01.24-PM.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"235\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/uhuru-vaccinated-on-live-tv#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/uhuru-vaccinated-on-live-tv\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Uhuru Vaccinated on Live TV\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-26T20:53:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/uhuru-vaccinated-on-live-tv\"},\"wordCount\":232,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/uhuru-vaccinated-on-live-tv#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-03-26-at-4.01.24-PM.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Covid-19 vaccination\",\"Uhuru Kenyatta\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Coronavirus in kenya\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/uhuru-vaccinated-on-live-tv#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/uhuru-vaccinated-on-live-tv\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/uhuru-vaccinated-on-live-tv\",\"name\":\"Uhuru Vaccinated on Live TV - 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