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Agencies put to task over harmful agro-chemicals

A lawmaker has petitioned two government agencies over the continued use of harmful agricultural chemicals by local farmers.

Uasin Gishu County Women Representative Gladys Shollei in a petition tabled in the National Assembly last week said the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services (Kephis) and the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) had contravened local laws and global codes of conduct, exposing Kenyans to different chronic ailments.

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