Response to religion, prostitutes reject malaria spray

Being one of your good readers, I am really shocked by what appeared in The New Times of Thursday 13; saying that Jehovah’s Witnesses refused the National Programme against malaria. This is completely false. I myself am a Jehovah’s Witness and I always go to hospital and get drugs. I live at Kicukiro and at home where all my family lives (Dad, Mom, young sisters and brothers all baptised Jehovah’s Witnesses); we always spray insecticide in rooms to protect ourselves against malaria. So I can’t understand how we can refuse to see our houses sprayed in the ongoing anti-malaria campaign while we always spray insecticide ourselves in our rooms where we live. This is very bad propaganda against Jehovah’s Witnesses and it doesn’t give a real picture of who we are. I hope I will get an apology from you. I would like to invite you to do a real survey and get the truth about this issue.Otherwise this news is only tarnishing Jehovah’s Witnesses. Best Regards, Vivien Munyaburanga (NUR) The New Times only quoted reports from the line ministry; however, we shall take up your advice. Editor Ends

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Response to religion, prostitutes reject malaria spray