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Uganda parliament passes biosafety Bill on GM products

A confined field trial of GM banana plants in Kawanda, Uganda. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

By  CHRISTABEL LIGAMI

Uganda's Parliament has passed the National Biosafety Bill 2017, which allows farmers to have access to genetically engineered products.

The Bill will now be forwarded to President Yoweri Museveni for assent.

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