Rising cancer cases not linked to GM foods, scientists insist

Caption Activists, scientists and farmers crowded the street at Town Centre, Nairobi county on Thursday, 17tb September 2015. They were demonstrating against the ban that the government intends on lifting on BT maize. BT maize has been tested in laboratories and has been found to contain cancer cells. The demonstrators were led by Activist David Otien [ANGELA MAINA/ STANDARD]

All research findings and studies conducted both locally and internationally have never linked the rising cases of cancer in the country to the consumption of genetically modified foods (GMFs), an expert has stated.

Walter Odede Nyakwaka, a scientist trained at Kenyatta University and the Chief Executive Officer of Africa Alive, Kenya chapter, made the assertion.