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2009-05-07 | permalink
MP wants Kenya PM to explain GE maize saga
An MP wants Prime Minister Raila Odinga to explain why genetically modified and ”poisonous maize” was imported even after the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service raised the red flag. Kaloleni MP Kambi Kazungu told the House that even though 90 per cent of the maize imports from South Africa were genetically modified, its entry into the country was not blocked despite the ”obvious adverse effects associated with GMOs.”
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2009-05-07 | permalink
MP wants Kenya PM to explain GE maize saga
An MP wants Prime Minister Raila Odinga to explain why genetically modified and ”poisonous maize” was imported even after the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service raised the red flag. Kaloleni MP Kambi Kazungu told the House that even though 90 per cent of the maize imports from South Africa were genetically modified, its entry into the country was not blocked despite the ”obvious adverse effects associated with GMOs.”
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