State now stops planting, export of GMO flowers

Dr Roy Mugiira. He has been suspended as the chief executive officer of the National Biosafety Authority.

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The government has stopped the planting and export of genetically modified flowers amid fears that such undertakings will negatively impact Kenya’s access to the mainstay European market.

Europe, which buys more than 60 percent of Kenya’s roses, is yet to allow commercialisation of GMO crops in its territory.

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