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Why Kenya will wait longer to use herbs to fight cancer

In 2017, scientists at the KEMRI identified 20 local herbs with capacity to treat cancer. [Courtesy]

Science has shown several local herbal medicines work against cancer, but law makers have failed to enact a regulatory mechanism.

Researchers from the University of Nairobi (UoN) and Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany, have just published evidence showing medicinal herbs used against cancer in Kakamega County actually work.

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