Excessive pesticide use calls for vigilance to reduce health risks

In the last one year, cancer has been made a national concern by the death of several prominent Kenyans. The reality, however, is that nearly every Kenyan knows or is related to someone who is battling this deadly disease.

We are a country that likes to address issues when they are already at crisis stage as opposed to looking for preventative or remedial options. We cannot continue to play Russian Roulette with the lives of millions of Kenyans. To support Prof Anyang’ Nyong’o, as we set up cancer centres, we need to give prominence to research and prevention of this disease in the first instance.