The Kenyan government has terminated a the first GM maize experiment recently launched by the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kari) and Syngenta and ordered the crop destroyed. The newly appointed Agriculture secretary, Dr Wilson Songa, said there was atendency by local scientists to yield to pressure of international organisations and sidestep existingregulations.</p><p><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/200508290320.html">allAfrica.com: Kenya: Govt Stops Research On Maize</a></p><p><a href="http://www.genet-info.org/genet/2005/Jun/msg00048.html">Background: "New wonder maize coming to Kenya" and NYT report</a></p><p><a href="http://www.genet-info.org/genet/2005/Jun/msg00014.html">Rockefeller, Cymmit press release June 2005</a>