
On October 3, 2022, barely three weeks after his inauguration, President William Ruto lifted the ban on the importation and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Kenya would then join a host of pioneering countries in the cultivation of GM crops, a move that was meant to curb acute food shortage in the country amid changing climate patterns.
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