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Kenya urges uniform Comesa ban on hazardous pesticides

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe during the 9th Joint Comesa ministerial meeting on agriculture, natural resources and environment in Lusaka on Friday. [Courtesy]

Kenya is now calling for a regional crackdown on hazardous pesticides within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) bloc.

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has warned that the continued use of chemicals banned in some member states is compromising food safety, public health, and the integrity of regional agricultural trade.

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