...to stem the population increase of the what he said was being referred to in Kikuyu circles as the “seven dogs”.
“If they couldn’t stop the increasing decrease of the Kikuyu population, then the only remedy would be to decrease the increasing population of the “seven dogs”” he told Juma.
Exactly who were being referred to as the “seven dogs”? According Juma’s friend, the “seven dogs” referred to the following tribes: 1. The Luhya 2. The Luo 3. The Kamba 4. The Kisii 5. The Wa Pwani (MijiKenda, Swahili, and other coastal tribes including the Taita and Taveta). 6. The Somali. and last but not least, the 7. Turkana. To achieve this goal, two strategies were proposed. 1. To spike the milk from Brookside Dairies being distributed in Western Province, Nyanza Province, Ukambani and Coast Province, and Turkana County with a chemical known as Melamine.
Melamine is an organic base chemical most commonly found in the form of white crystals rich in nitrogen. Melamine is described as “Harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed . Chronic exposure may cause cancer or reproductive damage. However, the short-term lethal dose is on a par with common table salt with an LD50 of more than 3 grams per kilogram of bodyweight.. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists explain that when melamine and cyanuric acid are absorbed into the bloodstream, they concentrate and interact in the urine-filled renal tubules, then crystallize and form large numbers of round, yellow crystals, which in turn block and damage the renal cells that line the tubes, causing the kidneys to malfunction.
Melamine is widely used in plastics, adhesives, countertops, dishware, whiteboards. The addition of melamine increases the nitrogen content of the milk and therefore its apparent protein content.
Addition of melamine into food is prohibited by the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius (food standard commission), or by any national authorities.
Melamine contamination has been found in a number of different brands of powdered infant formula, in one brand of a frozen yogurt dessert and in one brand of canned coffee drink. All these products were most probably manufactured using ingredients made from melamine-contaminated milk.
According to FDA, melamine can make diluted or poor quality material appear to be higher in protein content by elevating the total nitrogen content detected by some simple protein tests. Because of melamine’s high nitrogen content (66% by mass versus approx. 10–12% for typical protein), it can cause the protein content of food to appear higher than the true value.
According to World Health Organization, the risk of melamine-induced nephrolithiasis in young children is extremely high, with the effects of permanent kidney damage and death. China, officials estimate that about 20 percent of the dairy companies tested in China sell products tainted with melamine. On January 22, 2009, three of those involved in a major scandal involving melamine were sentenced to death in a Chinese court.
Juma’s friend told him that the milk going to the “seven dogs” regions were being marked with a....
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