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Field trials move Kenya closer to GMO bananas

Mr Tom Chesire, a banana farmer at Kolol in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, The government has approved GMO field tests on bananas. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG

By  ZEYNAB WANDATI

The National Biosafety Authority has approved field tests for genetically modified bananas, moving the country closer to accepting growing and consumption of GMO foods.

The authority, in a Gazette Notice dated September 8 says the approval for controlled field tests was granted on November 7 last year, paving the way for the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation to test transgenic bananas.

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