Governors fault government for lifting GMO ban

The council of governors has faulted the manner in which the government lifted the ban on genetically modified organism, GMO, maize in Kenya saying it was hurriedly done without consultation. Agriculture Committee Chairman Kenneth Lusaka and his Environment and Climate Change counterpart Wilber Otichilo said the proposal by the Ministry of Trade and Industrialization to import and avail to the Kenyan Market GMO Maize puts  Kenyan farmers at a disadvantaged position as they will not be able to sell their maize at a price commensurate to their production cost. The Governors called on the National Government through NCPB to purchase all the maize held by famers before any importation is granted