MoH says Kenya fully stocked on vaccines as Sh4.9 billion allocation secures future supply
The funds, allocated in the 2025/26 financial year by the National Treasury, are expected to stabilise vaccine availability and support an expansive immunisation programme targeting millions of children.
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that Kenya is now fully stocked with vaccines, following a nationwide shortage that had put children at risk of preventable diseases.
The ministry also announced that it has received Sh4.9 billion from the National Treasury for future vaccine procurement to ensure a continuous supply.
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The funds, allocated in the 2025/26 financial year by the National Treasury, are expected to stabilise vaccine availability and support an expansive immunisation programme targeting millions of children.
Speaking on Wednesday during the launch of the nationwide immunisation campaign, Health Director-General Patrick Amoth said the allocation will ensure no further stockouts, with plans underway to ring-fence the money to secure continuous vaccine supply and avert any future health emergencies.
He noted that Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale is in talks with the Treasury to ensure the funds are ring-fenced.
“We are in talks with Treasury to ensure that the money allocated for vaccines is ring-fenced,” Amoth said.
Mpox vaccines
He also assured the public that mpox vaccines are now available in the country and will be deployed soon.
“We have mpox vaccines in the country that will be deployed. This vaccine provides protection for up to five years and will be given to children aged nine months to 14 years,” he added.
The reassurance follows a surge in measles cases that saw over 3,000 infections and a significant number of deaths, which health experts say could have been prevented had vaccines been available.
To prevent further outbreaks and reduce deaths and complications from measles and other preventable diseases, the Ministry of Health has launched a 10-day national vaccination campaign targeting over 15 million children.
Polio and BCG vaccines
The renewed focus on immunisation comes after Kenya received 6.2 million doses of polio and BCG vaccines, ending a prolonged shortage that had put thousands of children at risk.
Amoth confirmed that Kenya has honoured its financial commitments to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI).
“We have fulfilled our commitment to pay GAVI, we have paid more,” he said.
The remittance follows a recent announcement by United States Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in late June 2025 that the US would suspend further funding to the alliance.
Kennedy called on GAVI to regain the trust of the American public by accounting for the $8 billion it has received from the United States since 2001.
“Until that happens, the United States won’t contribute more,” he said.
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