Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K)

Chemical Engineering technologist || Ambassador Environmental, Chemical, Health Awareness champion || Quality enthusiast.

[Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K) @LukeOgada]

@amerix M23 rebels +Ebola + Gold in Congo... Makes sense.

[MrBlack™ @KE_MrBlack]

I am sick of Kenyan lecturers teaching technical courses by simply reading through notes.

[Eric @amerix]

35 Years ago when we were growing up, it was so rare to hear about deaths.

It was just the elderly who died. They were so old [90 years +] and fragile that their deaths became a celebration of the life they lived on earth.

That is why funerals were like parties.

Occasionally, some died through Road Traffic Accidents, or other forms of intentional or unintentional traumatic injuries, and these deaths were excruciating.

However, it was still so uncommon to have funerals every Saturday because deaths were fewer.

Then came HIV/AIDS in the early 2000s.

But still, funerals were rare, and deaths were consequential.

Yet, despite all these, hospitals were fewer, and so, the deaths were also fewer.

But nowadays,

Deaths are happening daily,

In the villages, every Saturday is a funeral, from January to December.

Why do we have so many deaths today, yet we also have so many hospitals?

It is because 80% of these deaths are associated with metabolic diseases [Cancer, Diabetes, Hypertension, Heart diseases],

The hospitals are complicit. They mislead people, prescribe unnecessary drugs and collect monthly subscriptions from these patients.

Unless we fix our food system, these diseases will continue killing our people as hospitals make profits from them.

Take care of your health because hospitals are running lucrative businesses

CHANGE or PERISH

#FoodFriday

[Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K) @LukeOgada]

@thenihiin Why do most women today experience painful menstruations? Back in the days women never went through what is witnessed today. Your peace only comes when you eliminate what is killing you.

[Farm With Fred @Fredmunene_]

Cancer clinics in Mwea, Embu, Meru, Oloitoktok, and parts of Laikipia farming horticulture stay busy day in day time. Shockingly Doctors keep seeing the same patterns on different patients .
Different cancers cases.
Low to no libido and their patient are Farmers. Farm workers and some Consumers.

To Doctors the question stays unanswered. Until now?

Before you agree or disagree, speak to a doctor or farmers in the area. You will be shocked.

In the past 5 to 7 years , farmers growing muguka, miraa, tomatoes, potatoes, and cabbage began using smuggled farm chemicals from Uganda and Tanzania. Some business men tried registering the products in Kenya but it was rejected due to extreme toxicity for human use and the environment,many Farmers have been use them and are still using them . The products are sold in the black markets.

Dudu Agrikill from Tanzania.
Dudu Accelametin from Uganda.

These products have been ranked among the most toxic substances ever used in crop production. Toxicology records link similar compounds to cancer risk and hormone disruption. Long term exposure links to reproductive damage, including reduced l1b!d0 in men on sprayers and consumers.

The damage affects farm produce users and consumers. As of now Many sprayers and farmers are d*@d.
Others are living with cancer. Some remain hospitalized with illnesses doctors struggle to diagnose. Locally farmers call it ile dawa ya Uganda. Very Few connect the sickness to the chemical and little research has been done on it reason being the government is silent and doing nothing about it.

These products are sold secretly. You need connections to get them and they move in Thousands of liters per season. Farmers using them keep small plots unsprayed for home use. Everything sprayed goes to market.

Some Tomatoes,Miraa and muguka farmers spray today and sell tomorrow.
No waiting period.
No residue breakdown.
Consumers cook ,eat and chew poison straight from the farm.

Farmers, this sits with you. In as much as we blame the Government . It’s your Personal responsibility to stop using these products . Before these products finish the consumer they will k!l1 you. It’s evident farmers knows the risk ,tell me ,Why would someone sell food they refuse to eat?

Why risk lives for short term gains?

Food safety starts on your farm.
#FoodSafetyFriday

[Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K) @LukeOgada]

@maxwelonyango59 @TTemesi80614 Illusions

[Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K) @LukeOgada]

@OkowaNashon The outcome when greed supercede professional ethics and standards.

[Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K) @LukeOgada]

@Kibet_bull They have taken advantage of this little girl's innocence.

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Pharmacy and Poisons Board warns against falsified IBRANCE (palbociclib) and SUMULECT (basiliximab) medicine flagged by WHO, advises public, hospitals, pharmacists & distributors to be vigilant and report any encounter with the products

[Eric @amerix]

If you are a cab driver, don't carry drunk women.

They will land you in trouble.

Remember, your wife and children are waiting for you at home.

Be safe.

[Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K) @LukeOgada]

@CPM_Mutuse Final product after cladding is aesthetically good but depends with where it's done. In hot regions it may be a waste.

[Eric @amerix]

Kenyans,

Come here, again,

Still on SGR and Nairobi Expressway:

By now, we all know that China funded SGR 90% [KES 450 billion]

But to commit, China wanted proof that Kenya can fund the balance 10% [KES 50 billion]

So, Kenya Railways borrowed KES 50 billion from the treasury.

HOWEVER, the treasury deposited KES 644 BILLION [Instead of KES 50 billion]!

This begs the question,

Why did Kenya borrow KES 450 billion from China when it could have funded the entire SGR budget of KES 500 billion?

So, total money received KES 450 [China loan] + KES 50 [Kenya Railway] + KES 594 [GHOST LOAN from treasury] = Total approx KES 1.1 trillion.

Now,

KES 500 billion built the SGR.

Balance = KES 594 Billion.

Of this balance [594 Billion], a portion of it [KES 100 Billion] is suspected to have been used to build the Nairobi Expressway through Proxies, shadowy private companies masquerading as China Roads and Bridge.

So, who took the balance [KES 494 Billion]?

NO EUROBOND built SGR.

NO EUROBOND built Expressway.

Where is EUROBOND?

Let us face Kenyans directly in their eyes and tell them THE TRUTH.

Only a PUBLIC AUDIT of our DEBT REGISTER will reveal the true status of our domestic and foreign debt obligations.

For every KES 100 received by the Government as revenue, KES 70 is used to pay these loans.

KES 30 is left for government functions, and that is why so many illegal FUNDS are being set up.

Kenya is now like someone with endless FULIZA on his SIM card:

"Don't send money on this number [Consolidated Fund], it has FULIZA, send the money on my new numbers (Infrastructure, Wealth, Housing levy FUNDS)."

This is not sustainable.

This is Voodoo Economics.

This is unconstitutional.

The individuals who pocketed the Eurobond should be held accountable.

Otherwise, when the storm shall gather, there will be nowhere to hide.

[Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K) @LukeOgada]

@_KithureKindiki It's depends on your understanding of poverty. You don't eradicate poverty by giving out liabilities.

[Son of a Farmer. @mutange_vin]

This is one of most useless regulatory board in agriculture sector.

Why a molecule banned in Europe( country of origin) is still being used in Kenya?

How much do you recieve from Bayer and other agrochemicals giants?

GLYPHOSATE is causing more harm on this land.

BAN IT!

[Akinyi (Aya) Chemutai🧚🏾‍♀️ @akichemu]

'All agrochemicals with active ingredients that are proven to be causing cancer and harmful to the environment and human health must be banned from the Kenyan market.'
#foodforlife
#WorldFoodDay
#WorldFoodDayKE
#foodsafetynow

[Farm With Fred @Fredmunene_]

Farmers, listen carefully. Avoid fake sales agronomists pushing “alternative poisons.” When raising your hospital bill they will not join your WhatsApp group.

There is no safe alternative poison. Today, Daily Nation highlighted the toxic chemicals found in foods we grow. These were tested and confirmed.

Think carefully. If a consumer is poisoned, what about a farmer who has been spraying these chemicals for months? Your health is at risk.

Here are examples of the chemicals you need to avoid, with their common trade names from registered companies in Kenya. Add more examples on the comments section.

Chlorpyrifos – Dursban, Anaconda 55 EC, Colt 480 EC, Agropyrifos 48 EC

Imidacloprid – Emerald 200 SL, Confidor, Nuprid, Ecomida 200 SL,Thunder.

Glyphosate – Buldoza Glyphosate 480 SL, Touchdown Forte, Roundup Turbo,kausha, Kick out,Glycel,weedall,weedset,Kalachi,weedless,

Paraquat – Gramoxone, Paraquat 24 SL

Mancozeb – Vondozeb 75 DG, Ridomil Gold MZ, Mancozeb 75 WP, Mistress

2,4-D (Amine) – 2,4-D Max, 2,4-D Amine 720 SL, Hy-2,4-D, Diamine,Di copper,

Acetochlor – Acetak 200 SL, Acetak Top 700 WSG

Atrazine – Atrazine 500 SC, MAGUGUMA 380 SC L ,SIGMA ,PRIMAGRAM GOLD 660 SC , Governor 580 SE, Atramet Combi 50 SC
Kolopa

Chlorothalonil – Bravo 720 SC, Chlorothalonil 720 WP

Metalaxyl / Metalaxyl-M – Ridomil Gold, Metalaxyl 8 WP

Acephate – Acephate 75 Sc

Diazinon – Diazinon 60 EC

Carbendazim – MBC 500 WP,pearl,Golderzim
Rodazim
Tebuconazole – Folicur, Tebuconazole 250 EC
Linuron – Linuron 50 WC

Metam-sodium – Vapam
Abamectin – Dynamec,Abamectin 1.8 EC, Avid

Omethoate / Dimethoate – Omethoate 40 EC, Dimethoate 400 EC

Propineb – Propineb 70 WP,Antraco

Iprodione – Iprodione 50 WP

Oxydemeton-methyl – Metasystox-R

Permethrin / Cypermethrin / Lambda-cyhalothrin / Bifenthrin – Duduthrin 1.75 EC, Karate, Cymbush, Bifenthrin 10 EC,Thunder

Dichlorvos – DDVP strips, DDVP 100 EC

Carbaryl – Sevin
Fipronil – Regent, Fipronil 5 SC

Thiamethoxam – Cruiser, Thiamethoxam 25 WG,Evisect

Mesotrione – Mesotrione 240 OD

Organochlorines (DDT, Lindane, Parathion,

Endrin, Heptachlor, Toxaphene, EDB, DBCP) – banned but may appear in old stocks

Farmers, your safety comes first. Avoid these products. Protect yourself, your family, and your farm.

I know it’s a risky post but for the love of my country it’s worth risking.

[Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K) @LukeOgada]

🇰🇪 Kenya must protect its people by not becoming a dumping ground for chemicals rejected abroad.

[Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K) @LukeOgada]

African nations must stop playing by the double standards of the EU.

#ToxicColonialism #FoodSafety #BanHarmfulChemicals #ProtectOurSoils #EnvironmentalJustice

[Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K) @LukeOgada]

If a chemical is too toxic for European farms, it should be too toxic for ours.
Instead of building more hospitals to treat cancers & disorders linked to banned agrochemicals, our government must build strong, active regulatory systems that block these poisons at the border.

[Luke Denga Ogada - (GIET-K) @LukeOgada]

@Violetta_ngina @citizentvkenya It seems the space is over. You can add it to future discussions aligning to today's topic.

Question: Are our national regulatory bodies equipped to detect and stop the importation of banned agrochemicals, or are we relying on outdated laws?