10 Poisonous Foods That Kenyans Are Eating and Why We Are To Blame
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food is an African saying that can no longer be used in Kenya as reports continue to stream in on foods laden with poisonous substances sold across the country.
The adulterated food, which unfortunately is deliberate, contain chemicals responsible for a number of chronic illnesses and despite many Kenyans succumbing to the chronic diseases, a number of the money-hungry retailers are out to make a profit without a care in the World.
The bodies, Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) which is mandated with the task of ensuring that all the products entering the country and those already in the country are fit for human consumption, is deep in slumber land and has formed an alliance with those killing Kenyans with poison.
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has joined a cartel of corrupt businessmen and women who have been sneaking poisonous foods into the country under the watch of its officials.
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Patriotism and humanity seem to have lost to greed as a section of Kenyans poison foods for Sale in order to avoid losses and double profits. If the human race ever becomes extinct, it will only be because of greed and we have ourselves to blame for it.
Sometimes it is not about ‘serikali saidia’ but about what we are doing to help ourselves. We are killing ourselves and lying to ourselves that it the government of the day killing us.
Sugar
Mid-June (2018) brought in news of contraband sugar, detained by police, testing positive for copper and lead. There were also the confirmations of the presence of mercury in the sugar. The said sugar did not meet the shelf life of consumable goods in the market.
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A high presence of heavy metals in the sugar meant that Kenyans had been exposed to the deadly side effects of the heavy metals. Lead is known to cause cancer in various organs in the body including; lungs, kidneys and the brain. It impacts on the development of the nervous system, lowers intelligence, and leads to anemia and high blood pressure.
Rice
Even before Kenyans could come to terms with the contraband sugar issue, detectives, on 19th August 2018, impounded one million bags of toxic rice from Pakistan along with 400 containers of cooking oil, from Malaysia, that they said did not meet the set standards in Mombasa.
Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti, warned that rogue importers were printing new bags and repackaging the contaminated rice.
The products were expired and past the date by three years. This is not to forget Kenyans have been consuming plastic rise for years no.
Milk
That cup of tea we all seem to love to enjoy during meetings, breakfast and evenings is no longer safe, at least not for Nairobians. An African cup of tea always has milk, and a little bit of sugar, which of course our greedy like fellows decided to mess, now the milk is no longer safe!
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently reported that milk sold in Nairobi has been found to be contaminated with high levels of carcinogenic toxins.