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Kefri launches Sh40m insect isolation facility

Dr. Eston Mutitu (far right) shows officials from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the KEFRI Board of Directors equipment to be used for research in the newly built KEFRI insect quarantine and Research facility. [Emmanuel Mochoge, Standard]

Kenya has launched a Sh40 million insect quarantine facility hosted at the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kefri).

The research facility, the first in East and Central Africa and the second in Africa after South Africa, is a milestone for researchers.

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