Government barred from administering Covid-19 vaccines to children in school
The Ministry of Health’s plan to deploy Covid-19 vaccines for children in schools and places of worship has been temporarily halted.
Justice Antony Mrima ruled that vaccination of minors against Covid-19 without parents authorisation or approval is forbidden until the case is heard and decided.
“Pending the hearing and the determination of the petition herein, a conservatory order be and is hereby issued prohibiting the respondents, their respective agencies and or departments, their servants, agents, employees, or anyone acting at their behest and direction from administering any covid-19 vaccines on children in schools, across Kenya, in Churches, in Mosques or other such like places of Religious worship,” Mrima ordered
Mrima similarly prevented the Ministry of Health from requiring children and others under the age of 18 to get vaccinated with covid-19 vaccinations until further court rulings.
In court, the parent, represented by lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui, said that the ministry’s declaration puts children “in the grave and fatal danger of being pressured” into being injected unwillingly by Ministry of Health officials.
The directions came from a case filed last year by two civil society groups and eleven private citizens opposing directives issued by the Health Cabinet Secretary requiring everyone seeking in-person government services to be fully vaccinated.
Mrima directed the matter be mentioned on the 27th of June for pre-trial directions.
