Planned agency unlikely to improve food safety

Emily Chebeya harvests Irish potatoes from her farm in Endebess Sub-County. [Harold Odhiambo, Standard]

Safe food is essential for our health and well-being, yet in recent months it has raised conflicting political views and interests especially when it comes to food testing.

Efforts to ensure that the food produced in Kenya is fit for human consumption has taken a new dimension following the announcement by the ministries of Health and Agriculture of their intention to launch a national food safety agency overseen by the two ministries jointly. But this is a structure filled with risks.