NAIROBI, Mbudzi 9 (Xinhua) — Murimi wekuKenya, kusanganisira vari mumisha, vanoshandisa marita akawanda emishonga yekuuraya zvipembenene gore rega rega.
Kushandiswa kwemishonga iyi kwave kuri kuwedzera mumakore apfuura mushure mekubuda kwezvipembenene zvitsva nezvirwere sezvo nyika yeEast Africa iri kurwisana nematambudziko makuru ekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze.
Kunyange hazvo kushandiswa kwemishonga yekuuraya zvipembenene kwakawedzera kwakabatsira kuvaka indasitiri inokosheswa mabhiriyoni akawanda emadhora munyika, nyanzvi dziri kunetseka kuti varimi vazhinji vari kushandisa mishonga iyi zvisirizvo nokudaro vachiisa vatengi nenharaunda panjodzi.
Kusiyana nemakore apfuura, murimi wekuKenya iye zvino anoshandisa mishonga yekuuraya zvipembenene padanho rega rega rekukura kwezvirimwa.
Vasati vadyara, varimi vazhinji vari kuparadzira mishonga yesora mumapurazi avo kuti vadzivise sora. Mishonga yesora inozoshandiswa zvakare kana mbesa dzadyarwa kuderedza kushushikana kwekudyara uye kudzivirira zvipembenene.
Zvirimwa izvi zvinozopfurwa kuti mashizha awedzere, panguva yekutumbuka, panguva yekubereka, nguva isati yasvika yekukohwa uye mushure mekukohwa, chigadzirwa chacho pachacho.
"Pasina mishonga yekuuraya zvipembenene, haugone kuwana goho mazuva ano nekuda kwezvipembenene nezvirwere zvakawanda," Amos Karimi, murimi wemadomasi kuKitengela, kumaodzanyemba kweNairobi, akadaro mubvunzurudzo yakaitwa nguva pfupi yadarika.
Karimi akataura kuti kubvira paakatanga kurima makore mana apfuura, gore rino rave rakaipisisa nekuti akashandisa mishonga yakawanda yekuuraya zvipembenene.
"Ndakarwa nezvipembenene nezvirwere zvakasiyana-siyana pamwe nematambudziko emamiriro ekunze anosanganisira nguva refu yechando. Nguva yechando yakandiita kuti ndishandise mishonga kuti ndikunde chirwere," akadaro.
Dambudziko rake rakafanana nerevamwe varimi vadiki vakawanda vari munyika yeEast Africa.
Nyanzvi dzezvekurima dzakaratidza kusafara, dzichiti kushandiswa kwemishonga inouraya zvipembenene zvakanyanya hakusi kungotyisidzira hutano hwevatengi nenharaunda chete asiwo hakugone kuenderera mberi.
"Varimi vazhinji vekuKenya vari kushandisa mishonga yekuuraya zvipembenene zvisirizvo zvichikanganisa kuchengetedzeka kwechikafu," akadaro Daniel Maingi weKenya Food Rights Alliance.
Maingi akataura kuti varimi vekumabvazuva kweAfrica vakatora mishonga yekuuraya zvipembenene semushonga wematambudziko mazhinji avanosangana nawo mukurima.
"Makemikoro akawanda ari kupfapfaidzwa pamiriwo, matomatisi nemichero. Mutengi ari kubhadhara mutengo wakanyanya weizvi," akadaro.
Uye nharaunda iri kunzwawo kupisa sezvo ivhu zhinji munyika yeEast Africa richiva neacidic. Mishonga yekuuraya zvipembenene iri kusvibisawo nzizi uye ichiuraya zvipembenene zvinobatsira zvakaita senyuchi.
Silke Bollmohr, nyanzvi yekuongorora njodzi dzekuchengetedza nharaunda, akataura kuti kunyangwe kushandiswa kwemishonga yekuuraya zvipembenene pachakwo kusina kuipa, ruzhinji rweirwo rwunoshandiswa muKenya rune zvinhu zvinokuvadza zvinoita kuti dambudziko riwedzere.
"Mishonga yezvipembenene iri kutengeswa sechinhu chinobatsira pakurima zvakanaka pasina kufunga nezvemigumisiro yayo," akadaro.
Sangano reRoute to Food Initiative, iro rinoona nezvekurima kunoenderera mberi, rinoti mishonga yekuuraya zvipembenene yakawanda ine chepfu, ine chepfu kwenguva refu, inokanganisa mashandiro emasero emuviri, ine chepfu kumarudzi akasiyana emhuka dzesango kana kuti inozivikanwa nekukonzera kuwanda kwemigumisiro yakaipa kana isingadzoreki.
"Zvinonetsa kuti kune zvigadzirwa zviri pamusika weKenya, izvo zvinoonekwa sezvinokonzera kenza (zvigadzirwa makumi maviri nemana), mutagenic (24), endocrine disrupter (35), neurotoxic (140) uye zvakawanda zvinoratidza mhedzisiro yakajeka pakubereka (262)," inodaro sangano iri.
Nyanzvi dzakaona kuti pavanenge vachipfapfaidza mishonga iyi, varimi vazhinji vemuKenya havatore matanho ekudzivirira kusanganisira kupfeka magirovhosi, masiki nebhutsu.
"Mimwe inopfapfaidza panguva isiriyo, semuenzaniso masikati kana kana mhepo ichivhuvhuta," akadaro Maingi.
Pakati pekushandiswa zvakanyanya kwemishonga inouraya zvipembenene muKenya pane zviuru zvezvitoro zvemiti zvakapararira, kusanganisira mumisha iri kure.
Muzvitoro mava nzvimbo dzinowanikwa varimi mishonga yakasiyana-siyana yekurima nembeu dzakasanganiswa. Varimi vanowanzotsanangurira vatengesi vezvitoro nezvezvipembenene kana zviratidzo zvechirwere chakarwisa zvirimwa zvavo uye vanovatengesera mushonga wacho.
"Munhu anogona kutofona ari papurazi ondiudza zviratidzo zvechirwere ichi uye ndinomunyorera mushonga. Kana ndiinawo, ndinozvitengesa, kana ndisina ndinotenga kubva kuBungoma. Kazhinji kacho zvinoshanda," akadaro Caroline Oduori, muridzi wechitoro chezvipfuyo zvemhuka muBudalangi, Busia, kumadokero kweKenya.
Zvichienderana nehuwandu hwezvitoro zviri mumaguta nemisha, bhizinesi iri riri kukura sezvo vanhu vemuKenya vachivandudza kufarira kwavo kurima. Nyanzvi dzakakurudzira kushandiswa kwenzira dzakabatana dzekuchengetedza zvipembenene pakurima kunochengetedza nharaunda.
Nguva yekutumira: Kubvumbi-07-2021