Intellectual property day.April 16 2010

Kakamega is among towns loosing millions of shillings through bio-pirates are international organisation that poach for monetary gain naturally growing plants and any other.Own the medicinal chemical Horfialcultural and any otehr derirative products without country of origin benefiting.A report shows that a us firm and British worked together to poach a microbe Thats found in this area  which is behind the manufacture of the highly popular faded jeans.When  jeans are soacked into this microbe an enzyme that eats the indigo dye is produced giving them a naturally faded look an estimate 11 million(approx 84 million)in sales have been made to textile makers and firms out of which kenya gained nothing.

Location: Ingotse, KAKAMEGA, KENYA