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EAC agencies take regional approach to contain pests

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Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (Kephis) Managing Director Theophilus Mutui at a press conference in Nyeri town on February 7, 2023. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG

By  GERALD ANDAE

Kenya’s plant health regulator has joined a regional effort to contain invasive pests that are emerging from Burundi and Uganda, exposing the country's major exports to interception risks.

The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (Kephis), Centre of Biosciences International (Cabi) and Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) are now working together to stop the spread of mealybugs — a quarantine pest in Europe and China — into Kenya, cutting risks of rejections in the world market.

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