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COG Chair Anne Waiguru and Bill and Melinda Foundation CO Chair Bill Gates during a high profile Partnership meeting. [Mercy Kahenda, Standard]
Bill Gates, supports the adaption of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), an issue that has brought a heated debate in Kenya where the government is importing GMO maize to curb the ongoing food crisis and looming starvation.
Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria on Thursday announced the government had finally decided to allow the duty-free importation of 10 million bags of GMO maize over the next six months.
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