FEARS on the country's capacity to deal with safety issues concerning genetically modified foods were raised yesterday by scientists. The fears, broadly related to institutions that are supposed to deal with the envisioned use of GMO foods in Kenya.
Dr Lubano Kizito of the Kenya Medical Research Institute said the human health is crucial and thus safety issues that need to be talked about. "The many departments or ministries that exist in government is part of the problem in coordinating health issues to do with GMO foods," Kizito said.
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