12 February 2009, Africa Science News Service
Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki signed into law a national Biosafety Act on February 12. The law was passed by the Kenyan parliament in December 2008, after years of discussion. The article says that Kibaki's signature allows regulatory authorities in the country to being drawing up regulations for the implementation of the act. The article says that Kenyan research on genetically modified (GM) crops is the most advanced in east Africa.The article notes that the number of African countries growing GM crops rose from one in 2007 (South Africa) to three in 2008: South Africa, Burkina Faso (with Bt cotton), and Egypt (with Bt corn).
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