Declare Maize Lethal Necrosis national disaster, President Uhuru told

Trans Nzoia Senator Henry ole Ndiema has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to declare Maize Lethal Necrosis (MLN) a national disaster.

Mr Ndiema said the devastating viral maize disease that has affected crops in some parts of Rift Valley, Central, Western and Eastern Kenya posed a great danger to food security and declaring it a national disaster would give it the seriousness it deserves and help to manage it.