The methane, thrown away when the animal and periphery is, make about 15% of world emissions each year, show that the UN shows. This is the most common greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide (CO2).
Jonathan Muk, a high -ranking official at the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, denied that Gates was involved in the animal vaccination program – adding that neither the American billionaire and the philanthropist nor other foreign sources have provided financing.
But this did not stop conspiracy theories spreading in social media, often loud.
Caleb Caruga, a former journalist, and now an influential farmer, Posted on x . externalWhat he would resist jab, saying that no one would vaccinate him only “because Bill Gates said.”
Ledam Olekin, Opposition Senator and Outstanding Pastoral Masai, wrote on x. external: “There are (there are) millions of cows in Europe and America, and none of them vaccinated for emptying … mine will be vaccinated.”
Gates had previously been invested in the projects to reduce methane emissions from cattle and Finances an American company that seeks to develop a vaccineLike other American investors.
But Professor Hermias Kebreib from California University Davis in the US, who researched how to reduce methane emissions from the animal, said the BBC that there is currently no animal vaccine to reduce methane emissions.
“I want us to have one, but it is still in development – and no one has reached (stage) of animal testing,” he said.
However, such assurances made little to stop the misunderstanding about the vaccine’s motives.
Some opposition politicians are pushing for distrust, which said the vaccines will change the genetic composition of the animal, which could lead to defective animals.
“Ruto is promoting the sinister foreign agenda. This plan is reckless and must be stopped,” said Kolons Musiaka, the opposition leader, was announced shortly after the initiative.
When the BBC asked Musiak about specific statements that vaccines could harm a cattle, his press secretary said the vaccination campaign was a “violation of the Constitution”.
He added that he was “enveloped in secrecy”, and the government did not share details about resources, implementation and technical details about the vaccine.
According to Professor Hermiaz, the suggestion that the animal vaccines will genetically change animals, mislead.
“It is very similar to people who are vaccinated to combat various diseases. There is no message that it causes deformation or changes DNA,” the BBC academician said.
