Call out food makers on fortification Wednesday January 06 2021 By JENNY LUESBY Summary For over half of the sickness and deaths in Kenya, and far more than that in children, are caused by zinc, iron and vitamin A deficiencies, according to health experts. It’s a gap so major, as mothers wean babies onto nutritionally empty porridge and the rest of us eat ugali with not one inherent trace of nutritional value. After a year in which ginger and honey moved to revered positions as immunity aids, it is perhaps time we got to grips with the food gaps that are killing us every year. For over half of the sickness and deaths in Kenya, and far more than that in children, are caused by zinc, iron and vitamin A deficiencies, according to health experts.