Why Bill Gates is being dragged into a row over vaccinating cows in Kenya

Why there is growing scepticism in Kenya over a plan to vaccinate the national herd.

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It will cost farmers nothing to get their animals vaccinated as the government says it is footing the bill.

But Robert Nkukuu, who keeps cattle in the Mai Mahiu area of Nakuru county - some 50km (30 miles) north-west of the capital, Nairobi, explained how it had become a toxic issue since President William Ruto announced the plan last November.

"If the community here learns you are pro-vaccination they will slay you just now. So stop talking about it, we don't want it," he told the BBC.

The government's aim is to vaccinate at least 22 million cattle and 50 million goats and sheep over three years.

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