True timelines...Ruto has been keen on GMOS - got it approved in 2010 and WONT BUDGE - not with his phd in plants :)Which true timelines?
In 2010, the Kenyan government approved a law allowing the importation of genetically modified products for consumption, pending the approval of the state-run National Biosafety Authority.[1] The NBA gave the green light in 2011.
True timelines...Ruto has been keen on GMOS - got it approved in 2010 and WONT BUDGE - not with his phd in plants :)Which true timelines?
In 2010, the Kenyan government approved a law allowing the importation of genetically modified products for consumption, pending the approval of the state-run National Biosafety Authority.[1] The NBA gave the green light in 2011.
Daganya toto! Throwing stuff here under pretext that it is a link yet it is NOT clickable. Fake spin as usual yet internet is there to disapprove. Under Nusu mkate government which had like a blotted cabinet of 40 ministers, GMOs were NEVER approved. It is likely that GMO and what is safe for humans consume fell under the docket of Ministry of Public Health and not Agriculture. Just like that mkamba head of Kenya Bureau of Standards KBS (may his soul RIP) warned Kenyans about consuming contaminated maize which years down the road would suffer carcinogens issues (A prophesy that came true 10 years later when cancer cases spiked). He told a parliamentary hearing that KEPHIS was a department for plants and was not competent to rule on matters food for human consumption.
Which RV do we believe you or this journalist
(By Pkemoi Ngénoh | 1d ago)?
We banned GMOs because they were harmful, Kibaki minister says (https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/testbed/business/article/2001461112/we-banned-gmos-because-they-were-harmful-kibaki-minister-says-)
Before shouting 2010 sijui 2012 without posting verifiable proof, can you let Kibaki rest in peace?
We banned GMOs because they were harmful, Kibaki minister says (https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/testbed/business/article/2001461112/we-banned-gmos-because-they-were-harmful-kibaki-minister-says-)
By Pkemoi Ngénoh | 1d ago
A public health minister during president Mwai Kibaki’s regime has revealed why the government banned Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods in Kenya.
“I was the minister then and the issue was brought to the Cabinet since around that time there was an outcry about GMO by the United Nations,” Ms Mugo said.
She said a team of scientists from Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and others from universities were commissioned to carry out a research after Cabinet discussed the safety of GMOs.
"After carrying out their study, they came up with a report that showed that the GMOs were not safe and could lead to health complications, among them traces of cancer,” Ms Mugo said.
She said the findings of the scientists informed the ban on GMO foods in the country by the late President Mwai Kibaki. Ms Mugo said discussion on GMOs and the subsequent commissioning of scientists was informed by findings of a report from France doubting the safety of GMOs.
Ms Mugo said other reports also returned worrying results on the use of GMOs, and cautioned against its legalisation in Kenya.
"I suggest before they (government) allow importation of GMOs, to carry out another study and find out if things have changed. There is no need to feed people today and kill them in future with deadly diseases,” she said.
We were discussing GMOs. I was responding to your false assertion that Ruto as Minister of Agriculture (never mind that GMO for human consumption were not in his docket) had GMO ban lifted during nusu mkate govt but as is typical of you , you are derailing the debate by reeling off half a dozen posts of you guessed it - Raila this, Raila that ...QuoteWe banned GMOs because they were harmful, Kibaki minister says (https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/testbed/business/article/2001461112/we-banned-gmos-because-they-were-harmful-kibaki-minister-says-)
By Pkemoi Ngénoh | 1d ago
A public health minister during president Mwai Kibaki’s regime has revealed why the government banned Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods in Kenya.
“I was the minister then and the issue was brought to the Cabinet since around that time there was an outcry about GMO by the United Nations,” Ms Mugo said.
She said a team of scientists from Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and others from universities were commissioned to carry out a research after Cabinet discussed the safety of GMOs.
"After carrying out their study, they came up with a report that showed that the GMOs were not safe and could lead to health complications, among them traces of cancer,” Ms Mugo said.
She said the findings of the scientists informed the ban on GMO foods in the country by the late President Mwai Kibaki. Ms Mugo said discussion on GMOs and the subsequent commissioning of scientists was informed by findings of a report from France doubting the safety of GMOs.
Ms Mugo said other reports also returned worrying results on the use of GMOs, and cautioned against its legalisation in Kenya.
"I suggest before they (government) allow importation of GMOs, to carry out another study and find out if things have changed. There is no need to feed people today and kill them in future with deadly diseases,” she said.
Ruto will not destroy this country very wicked man.Only if he turns the country into a dictatorship or de jure one party state. As long as we remain a democracy, there is a critical mass that will remain to counter nefarious schemes. Nyeri & Mt. Kenya coalescing this past week was a warning shot that Ruto won't always have his way. The matter GMO is already bipartisan. Many in KK have revulsion. It can be defeated the way BBI was defeated when party affiliation didn't determine which side you were on.
?s=20&t=M3GxpNP3Fh42nnGadBSUFAI say a firm NO to the mad rush to import GMO Maize and other foods to Kenya. I believe that it’s irresponsible and amounts to recklessness on the part of the Kenya Kwanza government. Such national policy shifts should be preceded by wide national consultations and debates!
— Dr. Miguna Miguna (@MigunaMiguna) November 20, 2022
... critical mass that will remain to counter nefarious schemes. Nyeri & Mt. Kenya coalescing this past week was a warning shot that Ruto won't always have his way. The matter GMO is already bipartisan. Many in KK have revulsion. It can be defeated the way BBI was defeated when party affiliation didn't determine which side you were on.Bump ....
?s=20&t=3jVlpPJXCarjWagWd9JmdAThere was no Cabinet approval that authorised the supposed gazette notice to import 10 million bags of (GMOs) maize. It will disadvantage local maize farmers ~ @scherargei pic.twitter.com/HQf19fxGP1
— Stephen Mutoro (@smutoro) November 22, 2022
Ruto has suddenly abandoned his base and embrace globalist
?s=20&t=a7Zts3h7TxfOuXTzu9U03wYou take our money to subsidize Fertilizer then open doors for importation of duty free GMO & non GMO maize for a period of six months. Halafu unatudanganya ati you care about Maize farmers? We know you.
— itaishia kwa Machozi (@MGithuga) November 20, 2022
You are in business
?s=20&t=GpbEz5l5GDl-lRA8VS8LiwRevealed: Ruto’s government ordered for GMO maize seeds from South Africa, to arrive in Januaryhttps://t.co/aVEeXU9T1G pic.twitter.com/JyXxsYQSfi
— Daily Nation (@NationAfrica) November 23, 2022
Ruto has suddenly abandoned his base and embrace globalist