How Kenya braved the great depression of the 1930s

Old matatus along Landhies Road, Nairobi, in the 1970s. [File, Standard]

Kenyans are living on the horns of dilemma. On one hand starvation and possible death is beckoning some of the five million people who have no access to food and water.

On the other hand, is a raging debate about cheap imports of genetically modified maize which to some critics also comes with some inherent danger.