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CS Kagwe: Biosafety Authority and Kephis cannot be merged

Agriculture and Livestock CS Mutahi Kagwe when he appeared before the National Assembly Agriculture and Livestock Committee on the 2025 Budget Policy Statement at Parliament, in Nairobi, on February 21, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] 

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has now said that the National Bio-Safety Authority (NBA) cannot be merged with Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (Kephis) as initially proposed.

Kagwe argued that the two entities cannot be merged owing to the international obligations that the country has.

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