{"id":130513,"date":"2026-02-10T10:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gates-foundation-denies-claims-of-gm-mosquitoes-release-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:03:21","slug":"gates-foundation-denies-claims-of-gm-mosquitoes-release-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/gates-foundation-denies-claims-of-gm-mosquitoes-release-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Gates Foundation denies claims of GM mosquitoes release in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has denied reports circulating on social media that it releases mosquitoes in Kenya.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, the foundation said the allegation is false and that it does not does not operate laboratories that release the mosquitoes\u00a0 or vector-control activities in Nairobi or any other location.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after politician Paul Muite, took to X to accuse the foundation of releasing genetically modified mosquitoes from their lab, claiming that they are now harming children and the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>His tweet read,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gatesfoundation\">@gatesfoundation\u00a0<\/a>:Our Capital City Nairobi is now flooded with mosquitoes released from your laboratories to eliminate the malaria-carrying ones we\u2019re told.We believe your genetically modified mosquitoes are designed to harm us. They\u2019re now busy biting children and the elderly.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation emphasized that its work in Kenya is strictly supportive and guided by local leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Kenya, malaria prevention and control efforts are led by Kenyan authorities and institutions, in accordance with national laws and regulatory oversight,\u201d the statement affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The Gates Foundation reiterated that its partnership model is designed to bolster Kenyan-led priorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe foundation supports Kenyan-led priorities transparently and responsibly, working alongside governments, researchers, and public health partners,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Public health experts in Kenya have repeatedly stressed that any novel mosquito control method, such as the release of genetically modified or sterilized mosquitoes\u2014a subject of global research\u2014would require rigorous independent review, public engagement, and ultimate approval by Kenyan regulatory bodies before any deployment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/gates-foundation-denies-claims-of-gm-mosquitoes-release-in-kenya\/\">Gates Foundation denies claims of GM mosquitoes release in Kenya<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has denied reports circulating on social media that it releases mosquitoes in Kenya.\u00a0 In a statement on Monday, the foundation said the allegation is false and that it does not does not operate laboratories that release the mosquitoes\u00a0 or vector-control activities in Nairobi or any other location. This comes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}