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Scientists insist GM foods safe, want ban lifted

Kenya has both the technology and human resource to adopt biotechnology especially on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), scientists have said.

Speaking at the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology, Kenya Chapter, meeting, Endebess MP and the vice chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Health Robert Pukose claimed that despite the skepticism surrounding GM products, no evidence had been presented to indicate that they are not safe.

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