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Bad maize could find its way into your plate amid cover-up claims

 

Stacks of maize at the Eldoret NCPB stores. Samples of maize taken from 80 NCPB silos for testing by Kenya Bureau of Standards were found to be unfit for human consumption. [File, Standard]

Fresh tests on maize already declared unfit for human consumption are raising eyebrows, with industry players alleging a cover-up plot by top government officials to have the maize back on Kenyan’s dinner tables.

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