A significant milestone was reached on 25 April in the realm of roots, tubers, and bananas (RTB) with the ground breaking of the Roots, Tubers and Bananas-East Africa Germplasm Exchange Laboratory (RTB-EAGEL). The Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Hon. Mithika Linturi, commissioned the construction of RTB-EAGEL at the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), Plant Quarantine and Biosafety Station (PQBS) in Muguga.
