Why is Bill Gates dragged into a row because of inoculating dairy cows in Kenya

A ambitious move, aimed at vaccination for all livestock in Kenya, will be launched this week because the strong resistance of farmers is driven by misleading claims of the vaccine.

As the government said, the vaccination of its animal vaccination will make farmers help it.

But Robert Nkukuu raised cattle in Mai Mahi, the Mai Mahi area in Nukuro-about 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Nairobi. He explained that November November last year November Since the announcement of the plan, how it has become a toxic issue.

He said to the Broadcasting Corporation: “If the community here knows that you are vaccinated, they will just kill you. So don’t talk about it anymore, we don’t want it.”

The purpose of the government is at least 22 million cattle within three years, and 50 million goats and sheep vaccine.

At present, only 10 % of the national cattle groups accept the necessary vaccination. The authorities said that they want to increase the tax rate to 85 % so that Kenya’s livestock products are eligible for export.

The president is a farmer, and I have several large shepherds. He said that the vaccine has expanded the industry to expand the industry by controlling the feet and oral diseases (also known as the sheep and goat) by controlling the cow and Pettetetitt. important. plague.

However, some people who oppose the plan believe that Microsoft co -founder Bill Gates is providing funds for this. People share the video of the interview Features of him, he talked about vaccination to control methane emissions.

The United Nations estimates that methanes that are expelled by livestock Belching and farting account for 15 % of global emissions each year. It is the most common greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide (CO2).

Jonathan Mueke, a senior official of the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, denied that Gates participated in the livestock vaccination plan-and added that the U.S. billionaires and charity and other foreign sources did not provide funds.

But this does not prevent the conspiracy theory circulating on social media, and is usually spread by the highly anticipated characters.

Caleb Karuga, a former reporter, is now an influential farmer, Posted on X He would resist the stab, saying that no one would inoculate his livestock “because Bill Gates said this.”

Ledama Olekina, the opposition senator and the famous Marseille H herd, Write on X: “The millions of cows in Europe and the United States have no vaccination due to fart … I will not vaccinate.”

Gates had previously invested in projects that reduced methane emissions to reduce beef It is providing funds for a company in the United States who wants to develop vaccinesLike other American investors.

However, Professor Ermias Kebreab from the University of California, Professor Ermias Kebreab, has studied how to reduce methane emissions of livestock. He told BBC that no livestock vaccine is currently used to reduce methane emissions in use.

He said: “I hope we have one, but still under development-no one has been tested in animals.”

However, this guarantee has almost no misunderstanding of the motivation to misunderstand vaccine movement.

Some opposition politicians are not trusting that they say that the vaccine will change the genetic composition of livestock and may lead to defects in animals.

The opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka said: “Reto is promoting a dangerous foreign agenda. This plan is Ru CK and must be stopped.”

When the BBC asked Musyoka’s specific statement about the harmfulness of the vaccine for the vaccine, his spokesman said that the vaccination movement was “violated the constitution.”

He added that this was “confidential”, and the government did not share the details of the vaccine resources, implementation or technical details.

According to Professor Ermias, it is misleading about the heredity of animal vaccines to genet animals.

The scholar told Broadcasting Corporation: “This is very similar to people’s vaccination with various diseases. No reporting says that it will cause malformations or change DNA.”

President Luto refuted the point of view of the person who opposed the vaccination, because “simply misleading, unreasonable and stupid.”

“Does all we have vaccinated the vaccine, does anyone stop farting?” Luto said, when he rejected methane claiming “nonsense”.

However, analysts say that the spread of this conspiracy theory is due to poor communication of Roto himself, and after last year’s anti -tax protests and a series of corruption scandals, the government has low trust in the government.

Since Ruto became the president in 2022, the government has faced a huge opposition to increasing taxes, which has made it very uncomfortable. Last June was Forced to withdraw the controversial financial bill It will include more tax increases.

The factual inspection organization Africacheck’s Kenya editor Alphonce Shiundu said the government is now facing “insufficient trust” in the way of conveying livestock movements.

When Ruto First announceThere are few details-it is unclear that these animals will vaccine.

This is a tool for monitoring the social media post on the X. By listed its location as the position of Kenya, the gate and cows were mentioned in obvious peak values.

Angry began the national debate issue. The cartoonist even used ridiculous images as “my fart, my choice” prompted Niu’s rights on social media.

The Kenya Veterinary Association (KVA) called on the government to stop vaccination and carry out public awareness movement first.

KVA Chairman Kelvin Osore told BBC (BBC): “The politicalization of vaccination activities has adversely affected the entire movement, which has caused the public to disperse the goal of controlling the disease.”

However, Dr. Allan Azegele, director of the veterinary service of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that this has not been delayed in view of the recent occurrence of severe small mouths in the western region.

This forced several livestock markets this month to close-the authorities have taken strict isolation measures in these places.

Dr. Azegele told BBC: “We can’t wait … because the response is more expensive. We must actively actively rather than react.”

He said that there is no specific treatment method for small mouths, which is crucial to vaccination.

The Minister of Agriculture Mutahi Kagwei tried to guarantee everyone that this exercise would be voluntary and promised to interact with all stakeholders to “cure the error information around the problem.”

The government has also been guaranteed to the public that the vaccine is produced locally.

However, some farmers are still vowing to resist vaccination drivers because of the government’s foreign influence and distrust.

David Tiriki, a livestock peasant in Kajiado County, southern Nairobi, told the Broadcasting Corporation that he was inocated on the grounds of security concerns.

He said: “I suspect that someone is trying to introduce the virus into our livestock so that the rich can start selling the treatment method to the poor farmers who may not even afford it.”

The Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) really talked with a small farmer in a small farmer in Makueni County in southern Nero Bi Bi, and the latter welcomed the plan.

But NGEMU Musau urged the government to make the whole process more transparent.

He told the Broadcasting Corporation: “I want to guarantee that my cow will get better.”

“The government needs dense public conscious movements.”