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Genetically modified maize will soon sprout on a farm near you

The first biotech food crop ever to be grown in the open environment in Kenya will be planted soon.

This comes at a time Deputy President William Ruto has promised that the government will lift a three-year import ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

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