[toothfairy86]

I also heard that they refused to eat food from the US because the corn, etc. was "genetically modified."

[blam]

"I also heard that they refused to eat food from the US because the corn, etc. was "genetically modified."

That was Zimbabwe. The people wanted it but the government wouldn't relase it.

[BwanaNdege]

Yes, "GM" (genetically modified) is a bogeyman created buy the eco-freaks, primarily in the EU. They like to stir up a lot of trouble in Africa with it.

As to the Kenyans not eating yellow maize, I refuse to drink "New Coke". Also, when I was in the USMC the rumor was that the mess-hall chow had been modified with potassium nitrate...

I guess we are all susceptible to rumors and "primal fears".