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As Kenya works towards withdrawing synthetic insecticides from its market, a team of researchers at Egerton University is developing organic products as alternatives.

The project by Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry Josiah Omollo comes after he won a Sh128 million Icipe Bioinnovate Africa grant to develop and commercialise environmentally friendly insecticides.

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