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Tale of stolen relief food that won't go away, just yet

The extent of rot, greed and corruption in our society is manifest in a report by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) indicating that food supplies meant for those facing dire food deficiency are being diverted by profiteering cartels.

It also highlights our inability to conquer nature and make it work for us 50 years after independence. Common wisdom has it that to develop, a country must first feed itself. Kenya is worse off and the revelations by the EACC report are the symptoms of an underlying problem.

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