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Maize import strain blamed on GMOs
Kenya is expected to import 10 million bags of maize this year due to the projected below average yield. Photo/FILE
Posted Wednesday, October 7 2009 at 00:00
Most Kenyans are however still cautious about GMO products and urged for caution on the part of government before it allows for usage of such produce.
“We still don’t have any GMO products in Kenya,” Mr Ruto however assured.
The controversy over GMO is not in Kenya alone as has played out even in developed economies such as Germany where authorities in April said they would ban cultivation and sale of GMO maize despite European Union rulings that the biotech grain is safe.
The ban by German authorities affected US biotech company Monsanto’s MON 810 maize.
The move put Germany alongside France, Austria, Hungary, Greece and Luxembourg which have banned MON 810 maize despite its approval by the EU for commercial use throughout the bloc.
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