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This was a scandal in Kenya that became public in January 2009, over the sale of imported maize. In late 2008, the ban on importation of maize was lifted by the government to allow capable businessmen to import maize to supplement the local produce that was short of the minimum required to satisfy the local market.
Many farmers in Kenya refer to genetically modified (GM) maize delivered by the US as the Trojan horse. [16] GMs are currently illegal in Kenya, although the US continues to send modified maize to Kenya in the form of aid. [17] Kenyans and other Africans, like Malawians and Zimbabweans, grind maize into flour before distributing it.
After being illegal in Kenya for many years, the Kenyan government legalised the traditional home-brewed spirit in 2010, in an effort to take business away from establishments where toxic chemicals are added to the brew to make it stronger. [1]
Corruption in the government of Kenya has a history which spans the era of the founding president Jomo Kenyatta, to Daniel arap Moi's KANU, Mwai Kibaki's PNU governments. . President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party government, and the current William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza administration has also been riddled with massive cases of graft, topping in the list of corrupt Presidents in Africa ...
Maize is the staple food in Kenya. [3] The Galana Kulalu project is expected to end the perennial Maize shortage [4] in the country by cultivating 200,000 acres of the Galana- Kulalu complex to meet 41 per cent of the country's annual maize consumption of 48 million bags. In order to cushion farmers against an over supply of maize that could ...
Nearly three-quarters of Kenya's population lives in rural areas, such as Bungoma county in the remote northwest. The Kenyan town of Bumula is about 270 miles northwest of Nairobi, near the Ugandan border. It is a small collection of mud huts, surrounded by sprawling fields of sugarcane and maize.
Concerned with illegal logging, deforestation, and farming instability, [15] Othero urged that the region adopt farming innovations. For example, in western Kenya near Mount Elgon, the population has depended on maize as a staple for the diet. To cultivate the plant, vast fields were cleared, leading to deforestation.
Kumi Kumi (from Swahili 'kumi' for 'ten') is an illegal liquor brewed in Kenya from sorghum, maize or millet. The cheap, widely brewed drink grows in popularity among the lower classes and disadvantaged of the region, as the economy and the value of the shilling has declined. Kumi Kumi is known for its exceptional alcohol content.