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Officers dispatched to fight tsetse menace in counties

Kenttec CEO Pamela Olet and Kenttec Chairman David Wanyonyi. Kenttec has urged County governments to join the fight against tsetse. 

The Kenya tsetse and trypanosomiasis eradication council (Kenntec) has dispatched more than 50 technical officers across various counties to fight resurgence of tsetse menace through spraying of animals and sensitisation on better tsetse eradication practices.

This comes after the prolonged drought caused by failed short rains which were due late last year.

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