The National Environmental Management Authority has denied claims it approved GM insect-resistant maize for trial.
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Nema’s deputy director of compliance and enforcement Zephania Ouma said the approval is erroneous and will be corrected.
“The decision to approve, or not to, will only be made once the applicants have submitted a full environmental impact assessment and once we have collected views from the public and analysed them,” he said.
This comes as the authority’s website shows the application has been approved, though no permit has been issued.
Applications are supposed to be processed in 90 days. This has taken another 60 days. The applicants wrote to Nema, expressing their frustrations. They say the delay sends mixed signals to the donor community, universities and development partners.
“As scientists, we have fulfilled all environmental impact assessment requirements. But it’s taking longer than the expected 90 days, which expired in June, when the decision was supposed to have been made and communicated,” said Murenga Mwimali, Water Efficient Maize in Africa-Kenya project country coordinator.
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