There is conflicting media positions on GMO foods.

Government says we shall be eating GMO ugali soon but don't you dare plant GMO Maize.

To me that's a major contradiction.

Where in the world is GMO food allowed and has it sickened people?

why is it not consumed at places where it is grown?

dont worry guys the genetic engineers needs human samples for the gmo tests and a perfect opportunity presented itself...

What is the danger if i plant GMO maize or soghum in my shamba? Are the genes going to cross over and edge out the local species? Is it illegal to import GMO seeds from say Monsanto?

With ,this GMO thing you will start seeing pig-headed human beings in the street of Nairobi.

Hapana cheza na Mungu.

@USER if that was the case then how comes we are yet to see kenyans growing feathers,horns or tails despite our attchment to kuku and nyama choma. the one thing we have to understand is that we do not eat genes our digestive systems only sees carbohydrates, vitamins, protein and the likes not genes! and upon digestion the said products are broken down to produce energy for the body. You body does not care wheather u eat ugali, chapati, githeri etc these are all broken down to carbon in the end to generate enrgy. Having said that DNA either from plants or animals is the same wheather it comes from pigs (incidentally it used to make the insulin used for diabetes patients), cows, maiz,e sorghum bacteria it is the same.
@ majimaji GM (GENETIC MODIFICATION)is aimed at imparting some traits to the plant. Naturally this occurs through fertilization and thats why you borrow some characteristics from your father and mother. However for this to occur the two species must be sexually compatible and thats why a dog and cat cant transfer traits among themselves since they cant mate. GM now offers an alternative where it is possible to transfer this traits among species that are not related or sexually compatible. It depends on what characteristics you may want to introduce. There is no ambiquity in this process since only a particular gene of interest will be introduced and assayed for in this whole process. Thus like the case of what the minister is talking about the gm maize has been modified to be resistant to a maize pest which means the farmer will not be required to spray the crop hence less inputs required. by doing so you have put the pestcides manufacturers (who are from europe) out of business and thus they will fight to ensure that their marketshare is not taken. The battle surrounding GM debate is a trade issues we are only being used as pawns in this. So when we hear of GM crop the first thing we should ask is which characeristics have been introduced and are they benefecial.Some gm plants are pest resistance and disease resistance others like soybeanare used to make the now popular liquid cooking oil in our supermarket that has less saturated fatts and is chorestrol free! The GM crop once grown can be able to cross pollinate to other related crops and transfer the said traits in this case if the maize has pest resistance it may be possible to pollinate with other maize crops and impart that characteristic (which is a good thing).
@elder gm cannot result in crop failures infact u need it to preceise develop crops that are drought tolerant. let me give u an example. All the charracteristics we have either color, yield, height everything are coded by a particular gene (they do not occur randomly), sorghum is known to be more drought resistant than other crops eg maize. if the genes responsible for drought torelance in sorghum were identified (and they have) then using gm technology this genes sourced form sorghum can be transfered to maize and consequently have the maize growing well in area such as ukambani. This cannot happen through fertilization since maize and sorghum cannot cross pollinnate. habari ndiyo hiyo

@yesu wangu yes what u say is true and rightly so monsanto just like ibm is profit making company and they are here to make a profit. that does not mean GM technology is bad! What we should be asking ourselves as kenyans is are there challenges that w are facing and can use the technology to solve them and even patent the discovery just like monsanto has done. An eg would me the aflatoxin example

They once said that Mobile phones would be one of the biggest threats to human health.....today almost nobody can do wihtout one!!!!!

@ mburuke

could this be propagada too...

http://www.organicconsum....org/biod/ccof101404.cfm

Forget it, no one wants to help miros ease their hunger issues.
And it is a fact that the long term effects of GMOs have NOT been conclusively established.
Ati Monsanto? Mimi anaogopa hao.
Recall the 'terminator' gene brouhaha. In the 3rd world, farmers grow maize, eat some of it when it matures and retain some for planting in the next season. But monsanto wanted a situation where today you plant a maize seed but the maize that comes from that crop CANNOT germinate thereafter because the gene for germination has been 'terminated' or 'neutered'. This means 3rd world farmers would keep running to the US bio-tech giant Monsanto for more seeds each season and thus the corp. would keep reaping handsome profits in the process. This is evil incarnate, disrupting global food chains for billions of people established over centuries, and subjecting billions who can barely afford anything to cold-hearted logic of capitalism just so that some huge giant can churn our profits because thats all they are interested in: topline and bottom line.

I will not dignify this with a response. however for the record am not an employee and keep ur arguments factual!i pity your IGNORANCE!Ikiwa haujui kitu uliza uwelezewe. For ur information the maize used for making popcorn is GM or taking antibiotics and vaccines all this are products of GM technology