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New technology to fight deadly tsetse fly mooted by government

Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council board members observing a tsetse fly trap at Olkinyei Wildlife Conservancy near Masai Mara Game Reserve. [Robert Kiplagat/Standard]

The Government has taken the war against sleeping sickness a notch higher by introducing a new technology to kill tsetse flies.

The Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC) is piloting the new technology at Olkinyei Wildlife Conservancy Masai Mara Game Reserve.

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