Religion, prostitutes reject malaria spray

KIGALI - Jehovah Witnesses and prostitutes have refused to have their houses sprayed in the ongoing anti-malaria campaign.The Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) campaign, with ICON pesticide, kicked off last month in Kigali City but has met stiff resistance from Jehovah Witnesses of God group believers and prostitutes, according to health officials.Dr Innocent Nyaruhirira, the State Minister in-charge of HIV/Aids and other Epidemic Diseases, said yesterday that the Jehovah Witnesses have continuously turned away government spraying teams claiming that the ‘spraying is against their religious beliefs.’