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Locust invasion: State ditches guns for aerial sprays

Government spokesman Cyrus Odhiambo Oguna has said that the state will use aerial spray to curb locust invasion. [File, Standard]

The government has ditched shooting in the air to scare locusts that have ravaged northern Kenya for aerial sprays, its spokesman has said.

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