{"id":75280,"date":"2022-11-23T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T15:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/bora-uhai-kuria-responds-after-uproar-over-maize-importation"},"modified":"2022-11-23T15:53:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T15:53:48","slug":"bora-uhai-kuria-responds-after-uproar-over-maize-importation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/bora-uhai-kuria-responds-after-uproar-over-maize-importation","title":{"rendered":"Bora Uhai, Kuria responds after uproar over maize importation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Trade CS Moses Kuria has said that he is committed to ensuring that no Kenyan dies of hunger.<\/p>\n

The CS has recently been criticised over the decision to allow a six-month duty-free importation of 10 million bags of GMO and non-GMO maize.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Tuesday, Kuria defended the importation saying that it is Kenyans’ lives at stake.<\/p>\n

“The Government campaigned on a pledge to lower the cost of living and ensure no Kenyan dies of hunger. This is our unanimous and collective primary duty and an irreducible minimum,” Kuria said.<\/p>\n

“We will do exactly that even as we safeguard the interest of farmers. Bora uhai, siasa baadaye!”<\/p>\n

The CS is under fire after a section of the Rift Valley MPs threatened to collect signatures to impeach him.<\/p>\n

MPs led by Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei protested the importation of maize, demanding that the Trade ministry halts the process immediately.<\/p>\n

“As MPs from maize-producing regions, we seek to know the reason as to why ships are already docking in Mombasa Port without the laid out legal procedures,” Cherargei said.<\/p>\n

Pokot South MP David Pkosing said that they will collect signatures from Wednesday seeking to impeach Kuria if he doesn’t change.<\/p>\n

“He will be the first Cabinet Secretary to leave office. We will impeach him. We will collect signatures if he doesn’t change,” he said.<\/p>\n

Kuria had on Monday said a legal notice for the importation of Genetically Modified Maize by millers was due this week.<\/p>\n

However, before the State would give legal authority for the importation of maize, the Ship docked at the Mombasa Port.<\/p>\n

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