Kenyan politicians spread unsubstantiated claims about the risks of genetically modified crops after the government decided to allow GM maize imports to help fight the food crisis Investigation by MaryKulundu
AdvertisingIn October last year, the East African nation lifted a decade-long ban on the cultivation and importation of GM crops, partly in response to the worst drought to ravage the Horn of Africa region in 40 years which has left millions hungry.
A 2023 study by the Alliance for Science, a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, warned that Kenyans were"subjected to the world's worst misinformation" on GM crops. About a decade ago, Odinga backed GMOs while serving as prime minister. However, he now says his stance was based on"limited information" and has since come to believe GM crops cause human mutations.
There is no evidence to back up this claim. In 2020, Mexico ordered the elimination of GM corn by next year, with its leader saying his country would"not accept transgenic corn for human consumption". South Africa has so far approved the cultivation of only three GM crops while US supermarkets sell organic produce alongside GM products clearly labelled as such.In Kenya, the GMO debate is"based on people and not fact", according to Joel Ochieng, the lead agricultural biotechnology researcher at the University of Nairobi.
The WHO has classified glyphosate as"probably carcinogenic in humans" and several countries around the world have already banned the weedkiller.
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