DeepInYourMind
Elder Lister
Yesterday, I presented a petition to the Senate to protect a groundbreaking Kenyan innovation: the New Generation Muthea Antivenom, developed in Wamunyu, Machakos.This life-saving remedy, which uses no animal plasma, has successfully treated snake bites for over a century, with zero recorded fatalities.
Yet, instead of receiving support, its local developers are facing harassment, intimidation, and attempts to hijack their intellectual property.They’ve endured coercive demands to surrender their patent and formula, threats and legal intimidation from shadowy figures with vested interests, delays and sabotage by public officials using red tape to stall approvals, smear campaigns to discredit their work and deny them support and the financial exclusion from grants and recognition meant for innovators.
This isn’t just about one product. It’s about how we treat innovation in Kenya. Kenya must be a country where bold ideas are nurtured; not stifled. Where innovators are empowered; not extorted.
A country that stifles its innovators is one that kills its own future. Let’s build a Kenya where innovation, justice, and integrity win, every time.
Yet, instead of receiving support, its local developers are facing harassment, intimidation, and attempts to hijack their intellectual property.They’ve endured coercive demands to surrender their patent and formula, threats and legal intimidation from shadowy figures with vested interests, delays and sabotage by public officials using red tape to stall approvals, smear campaigns to discredit their work and deny them support and the financial exclusion from grants and recognition meant for innovators.
This isn’t just about one product. It’s about how we treat innovation in Kenya. Kenya must be a country where bold ideas are nurtured; not stifled. Where innovators are empowered; not extorted.
A country that stifles its innovators is one that kills its own future. Let’s build a Kenya where innovation, justice, and integrity win, every time.