A field doctor vaccinating people against Smallpox disease in the then Coast Province in 1967. [File, Standard]When everything was bleak and even conventional medicine could not deter the onslaught of a deadly outbreak, one traditional chief devised a method that insulated his people from certain death. His host, Karuri Wa Gakure, the pioneer chief, used his powers as witchdoctor to keep the ominous wave at bay. Farther in Naivasha, thousands died despite being vaccinated, but it was in Mombasa that it got really bad. Later, even after Boyes scurried through the jungle to Naivasha where he vaccinated thousands of Africans, thousands still died from smallpox.

Source: Standard Digital May 09, 2022 05:00 UTC