President Kenyatta receives Covid-19 vaccine

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday received the Covid-19 jab alongside First Lady Margaret Kenyatta at State House Nairobi.

Senior government officials including Cabinet Secretaries also received the vaccine shortly after President Kenyatta's address to the nation on the situation of Covid-19 in the country.

The Head of State who received the inoculation in public reiterated it was one of the ways to safeguard oneself from the virus.

Earlier Friday, President Kenyatta had directed all executive members to be vaccinated and ' lead by example' as the government scales up the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Kenya received its first batch of 1.02 million AstraZeneca vaccine on March 2nd.