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Sh800 and bam, you have DNA results at your home? It's not that cheap, not that easy

DNA test results in Kenya could take anywhere between three to ten days to be processed. [File, Standard]

Former Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga caused a stir on social media on Monday, January 9, when she tweeted that the Kenyan market has allowed DNA paternity testing kits that can be used at home.

What most Kenyans might not know, is that the over-the-counter kits are only used to collect DNA samples, and the results cannot be processed at home, but at licensed laboratories.

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