Iperereza rya televiziyo NTV yo muri Kenya ryerekanye ko kudakurikirana kw'ababishinzwe byatumye abakora ifu y'ibigori (kawunga) bakora irimo uburozi bwitwa aflatoxin ikajya ku isoko.
NTV
yabonye amoko 12 anyuranye ya kawunga igurishwa mu gihugu irimo ubu burozi.
Aflatoxin
ni uburozi buva mu binyabuzima bito (fungi) biza mu busaze bw'igihingwa, bukaba
bushobora gutera indwara ya kanseri.
Mu
cyumweru gishize, ikigo Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) gishinzwe
ubuziranenge, cyahagaritse ku isoko amoko arindwi y'amafu ya kawunga akekwaho
kugira iriya Aflatoxin.
Abaganga n'inzobere mu mirire babwiye NTV ko hari
abantu bashobora kuba barapfuye bikomotse ku ngaruka ziterwa n'aya mafu.
Abaganga
bavuga ko ifu irimo Aflatoxin iganisha ku gutera abayirya indwara ya cancer
y'umwujima cyangwa izindi nyama zo mu nda.
Minisitiri
w'ubuhinzi muri Kenya Mwangi Kiunjuri yemeje iby'ubu burozi buvugwa mu ifu
y'akawunga.
Yavuze
afite ubwoba ko amatungo yo mu rugo nk'inka zihabwa aya mafu yavanywe ku isoko
nazo zishobora kuzanduza abantu.
Ubugari
bw'ibigori ni ibiryo by'ibanze bya miliyoni nyinshi z'abaturage ba Kenya, ibi
bituma hari amafu yabwo atumizwa no hanze kubera isoko rinini.
Mu
2009, umuyobozi wa Kebs Kioko Mangeli yatangaje ko abaturage bagurishwa amafu
y'ibigori arimo uburozi kuva mu 2008 kandi bigakorwa guverinoma ibizi neza.
Uyu
mugabo yabwiye Inteko ati: "Mbizi neza ku kigero kirenga 100% ko ibi
bigira ingaruka ku baturage, mu myaka 10, 15 iri imbere tuzaba tubona za cancer
zikomeye kubera ibi bigori".
Kuri
Twitter hashtag #WhiteAlert iriganje cyane muri Kenya aho basaba ko abategetsi
bamwe bafungwa kubera kutarengera ubuzima bw'abaturage muri iki kibazo.
Src: BBC
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