All Civil servants who will not get the Covid-19 jab before the end of August 23 will face disciplinary action. This is according to the Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua.
In a recent NSAC meeting, it was reported that there was a low uptake of Covid-19 vaccines among public servants especially the security sector, teachers and the core civil service.
Kinyua says it is against a background of access to vaccines having greatly improved especially among these groups. It was also observed that some public servants have deliberately avoided getting vaccinated so that they can stay away from work under the guise of working from home.
“This has negatively affected service delivery to the public. It has therefore been decided that all civil servants will be prioritized in the ongoing vaccination exercise and that those who will not have been given the 1st jab by 23rd August 2021 be treated as discipline cases and appropriate action taken against them.” Said Kinyua.
Principal Secretaries/Accounting Officers have also been instructed to ensure full implementation of this decision.
The latest consignment donated from the Greek government pushes the number of vaccines received in the country to 2,323,100.
Speaking at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after receiving the consignment, National Taskforce on Vaccine Deployment Chair Willis Akhwale said the government targets to have 10 million people vaccinated by the end of this year.
A total of 1,804,375 vaccines had been administered across the country with total first doses standing at 1,105,470 while 698,905 2nd doses had been administered.
The proportion of adults fully vaccinated is 2.6 per cent. The uptake of the second dose among those who received their first dose was by Monday at 63.2 per cent with the majority being males at 55 per cent while females are at 45 per cent.
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