Amref Health Africa CEO Dr Githinji Gitahi [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] “As such, the private sector may not as yet be allowed to transact in alternative vaccines, and it can only help the Government in the distribution.” When the rollout finally happens, the Government will have to jump some crucial hurdles to label the process a success. Possible disinterest The government must be staring at a possible disinterest in, and thus low uptake, of the vaccine. It is easy to assume that a country battered economically by Covid-19 will be scrambling for the vaccine but Ahmed Yakub Kalebi, the Founder, CEO and Group Managing Director of Lancet Group of Laboratories-East Africa, thinks otherwise.