Kenyan farmers, scientists and consumers hold their breaths as decision to lift long-time ban on GMOs punted until the fall
Kenyan farmers, scientists and consumers hold their breaths as decision to lift long-time ban on GMOs punted until the fall
Efforts by the Kenyan Government to have the orders barring the importation, distribution & adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) products in Kenya lifted failed after a Kenyan High Court extended the Ban up to October 2024 [until deciding the judicial effect on other cases].
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The [Kenyan Peasants League] KPL while welcoming the ruling extending the ban, but noted that the decision by Justice [Lawrence] Mugambi to entertain arguments on whether or not the Judgment by the [Environment and Land Court] ELC on the adoption process of GMO Maize renders the pending consolidated Petitions before the High Court moot should have not been entertained in the first place since the same court had earlier pronounced itself on the matter. “We view this as an attempt by some invisible powerful actors to bring GMOs into Kenya illegally and unconstitutionally.”
The Court will issue a ruling on whether or not it will proceed with the four cases on the 31st of October 2024; in the meantime, orders barring the importation, distribution & adoption of GMO products remain in place.
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