Dear Joseph, Well done for pointing these out in this forum. Its high time the relevant authorities moved with speed to seize the seeds from distributors and even the farmers who have not yet planted. With the rains most farmers will fall victim to these. Regards Erick -----Original Message----- From: "Okidi, Joseph (FAOKE)" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 08:48:15 +0300 Subject: Re: Poor Quality Seeds being Distriibuted in Uganda Dear Mwanga, It is good that KSC is taking some actions and it fits well within our SSA recommendations. I hope other seed companies regions will rise up to challenge and address them. Regards, Joseph From:Mwanga, Daniel (FAOKE) Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 10:54 PM To: 'The Community of Practice of Seed Security Assessments for the Horn of Africa' Cc: Colussi, Alessio (FAOKE) Subject: RE: Poor Quality Seeds being Distriibuted in Uganda Dear Joseph, Thanks for sharing this unfortunate situation. Fake seed distribution or sales is becoming a big all time scandal and I thank the action taken by authority in NEBBI district, Uganda. I also saw in one of Kenya’s Main Television media house (Citizen) news bulletin at 9.00 PM on 13th May 2015 a managing director (MD) of Kenya seed company (KSC) insinuating that for every 10 packets of seeds sold, 4 are fake. The KSC MD indicated that the company has introduced short text message (SMS) for tracking genuine seed lots/packets.. I hope the number to be used for SMS will be corrupt proof. The MD was also very much concern about low penalties for fake seeds which does not discourage the practice Regards Daniel Mwanga|Field Coordinator Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | Mwingi, Kenya Email:[log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]|Cell:+254723359942 / +254 733123256 for a world without hunger From:The Community of Practice of Seed Security Assessments for the Horn of Africa [mailto:[log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]] On Behalf OfOkidi, Joseph (FAOKE) Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 11:18 AM To: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Subject: Poor Quality Seeds being Distriibuted in Uganda Dear all, It is unfortunate that in the horn of Africa, some government don’t care about the fate of famers by delivering poor quality seed. This is currently happening in my country (Ugandan) and I feel sorry for the poor famers – read more at http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Nebbi-leaders-reject-10-tonnes-of-beans/-/688334/2715662/-/i0f9tez/-/index.html [http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Nebbi-leaders-reject-10-tonnes-of-beans/-/688334/2715662/-/i0f9tez/-/index.html] We must all rise up to fight this vice. Regards, Joseph Okidi To unsubscribe from the CoP-SeedSecurity-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1 [https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1] To unsubscribe from the CoP-SeedSecurity-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1 [https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1] To unsubscribe from the CoP-SeedSecurity-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1 [https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1] HIV IS REAL, TAKE CONTROL, HAVE THE TEST ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CoP-SeedSecurity-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.fao.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=CoP-SeedSecurity-L&A=1