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KEMRI responds to viral claims of recruiting volunteers to be deliberately infected with Malaria in exchange for Ksh 48,000

Summary by Kenyan-post.com
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has dismissed as misleading viral social media claims alleging that it is recruiting 200 volunteers to be deliberately infected with malaria in exchange for Ksh48,000.The claims, which spread widely on social media, suggested that participants will spend 24 days in hospital while receiving daily payments of Ksh2,000.In a statement issued on Wednesday, June 17th, KEMRI refute…
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kenyan-post.com broke the news on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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