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No Sex for Two Years, President Urges
NAIROBI (Reuters) - President Daniel arap Moi has urged Kenyans to abstain from sex for at least two years to try to curb the spread of AIDS (news - web sites), newspapers reported on Thursday.
Moi was speaking after the government announced plans on Wednesday to import 300 million condoms to fight AIDS, a move which has drawn criticism from religious leaders.
``As a president, I am shy that I am spending millions of shillings importing those things,'' Moi told a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya on Wednesday.
As a further preventive measure, Moi pleaded with Kenyans to refrain from sex ``even for only two years,'' saying that was the best way to check the epidemic.
Kenyan Health Ministry experts estimate that 700 Kenyans die every day of AIDS, and a further 2.2 million are infected with HIV (news - web sites) in a population of 30 million.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - President Daniel arap Moi has urged Kenyans to abstain from sex for at least two years to try to curb the spread of AIDS (news - web sites), newspapers reported on Thursday.
Moi was speaking after the government announced plans on Wednesday to import 300 million condoms to fight AIDS, a move which has drawn criticism from religious leaders.
``As a president, I am shy that I am spending millions of shillings importing those things,'' Moi told a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya on Wednesday.
As a further preventive measure, Moi pleaded with Kenyans to refrain from sex ``even for only two years,'' saying that was the best way to check the epidemic.
Kenyan Health Ministry experts estimate that 700 Kenyans die every day of AIDS, and a further 2.2 million are infected with HIV (news - web sites) in a population of 30 million.