Minisitiri w’ubuzima wa Zambia Eliya Muchima, yavuze ko imbwa 400 zapfuye nyuma yo kurya ibigori bihumanye mu kwezi gushize ndetse ko biteye inkeke kuko bishobora gushyira ubuzima bw’abantu mu kaga.
Yatangaje ko hafi kimwe cya kabiri cy’ibizamini 25 byafashwe mu masosiyete asya ibigori basanzemo uruhumbu (aflatoxin) kandi bihangayikishije cyane.
Minisitiri Muchimi yavuze ko ibyavuye mu bizamini biteye impungenge cyane kubera ingaruka nyinshi bishobora kugira ku buzima bw’abaturage.
Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima (OMS) rivuga ko hari ibimenyetso ko ‘aflatoxin’ ishobora gutera kanseri y’umwijima, ndetse ishobora no guteza urupfu ku bantu uretse n’inyamaswa.
Inzego zibishinzwe zahise zitangira iperereza ku bigo bigemura ibigori muri iki gihugu nyuma yaho Televiziyo yitwa “Diamond TV” yo muri gihugu itangaje urupfu rw’izi mbwa.
Gusa Minisiteri y’Ubuzima nta makuru iratangaza niba haba hari abantu bishwe n’ibyo bigori, icyakora hari n’andi makuru avuga ko bari gushakisha ko hari abo byaba byaragizeho ingaruka.
Mu kiganiro n’abanyamakuru ku wa Kabiri, Minisitiri Muchima yavuze ko imihindagurikire y’ibihe n’ingaruka z’amapfa aherutse kuba muri Zambia, byatumye uruhumbu (aflatoxin) rwiyongera.