Kenya on course in fight against biological weapons, says agency

Education CS Prof George Magoha chats with University Education PS Simon Nabukwesi and Lady Justice Margaret Njoki Mwangi on October 18, 2022, during the opening ceremony of the Biological Weapons National Convention at Sarova Whitesands Resort in Mombasa. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Kenya is implementing the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) that prohibits development, production, acquisition, transfer, stockpiling, and use of biological and toxin weapons.

This emerged at the close of a two-day workshop in Mombasa where key government agencies tasked with the responsibility of protecting citizens against harmful organisms and bio-terrorism threats outlined measures already put in place.