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Farmers in panic mode as curious quail business bubble goes burst

Geoffrey Kago with one of his many quails. BELOW: Dr Kibe of the Kenya Agriculture and Health Improvement Initiative.  [PHOTOS: kiundu waweru/STANDARD]

By KIUNDU WAWERU

KENYA: The bearded man with a receding hairline laughs uproariously when he recalls how he started rearing quails ten years ago. Then, Geoffrey Kago claims Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) licences (to rear the birds) were free.

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