GMO

The Cabinet explained that the decision was among the medium-term measures put in place to handle the shortage caused by the drought in the country.

The government has lifted the ban on growing and importing genetically modified food as well as animal feeds during a Cabinet meeting chaired by President ...

The government has lifted the ban on the growing and importing of genetically modified food and animal feeds in Kenya including the white GMO maize that was ...

President William Ruto has lifted the ban on genetically modified crops that was imposed in 2012. In a Cabinet memo dated Monday, October 3 2022, ...

enya has been reluctant to approve the import or planting of genetically modified food crops since ovember 2012.

President William Ruto Monday chaired a cabinet meeting that lifted the 2012 moratorium that restricted importation or open cultivation of GMO crops.

The decision by President William Ruto to reintroduce genetically modified products (GMOs) - 10 years after they were banned has continued to elicit ...

[decision to lift the ban](https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/80201-government-lifts-ban-gmos)that has been in place since 2012 during the reign of then-former president Mwai Kibaki. GMOs actually can solve cancer because there are a lot more that are developed from the DNA technology.” "When these GMO crops are grown, you use a lot of chemicals and pesticides some of which are toxic and have very many challenges in terms of our health.

President William Ruto chaired a Cabinet meeting that lifted the 2012 moratorium that restricted importation or open cultivation of GMO crops.

“In the coming few days, we shall now be issuing guidelines to be followed in importing or growing of these varieties, but I can say that it is now legal to have GMO crops in the country,” said Dr Mugiira. “In accordance with the recommendation of the Task Force to review matters relating to Genetically Modified Foods … The approval comes in the wake of a biting drought that has exposed three million Kenyans to famine in 23 counties, forcing the government to intervene with relief food.

The government has lifted the ban on open cultivation of genetically modified crops and importation of food crops and animal feeds.

Local millers have been grappling with pricey maize imports due to scarcity of non-GMO maize and cereals in the international market. Kenya becomes the fifth country in Africa after South Africa, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Cameroon to approve the use of GMOs. The move comes just months after the government allowed feed manufacturers to import yellow maize with traces of GMO after feed millers failed to import a single non-GMO grain due to scarcity in the international market.